Staff Software Engineer

Equifax is where you can power your possible. If you want to achieve your true potential, chart new paths, develop new skills, collaborate with bright minds, and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you.

Synopsis of the role

Equifax is seeking creative, high-energy and driven software engineers with hands-on development skills to work on a variety of meaningful projects. Our software engineering positions provide you the opportunity to join a team of talented engineers working with leading-edge technology. You are ideal for this position if you are a forward-thinking, committed, and enthusiastic software engineer who is passionate about technology.

What you’ll do

• Lead the Architecture design and development of complex , scalable and resilient full-stack applications , with a primary focus on Java , Spring Boot, and modern front-end frameworks. 

• Remain hands-on and contribute to the development of complex features , back-end services, and APIs, setting a high standard for the team. 

• Utilize AI-powered development tools like GitHub Copilot , Claude Code to accelerate the software development lifecycle. 

• Standardize the way software developers build applications using AI through well defined Agents and Skills. 

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of cloud native, distributed micro service based architectures.  Build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders including product, business and sales partners. Demonstrate excellent communication skills with the ability to both simplify complex problems and also dive deeper if needed.

• Collaborate with the architects, SRE leads and other technical leadership on strategic technical direction, guidelines, and best practices

• Manage teams with cross functional skills that include software, quality, reliability engineers, project managers and scrum masters. Mentor, coach and develop junior and senior software, quality and reliability engineers

• Ensure compliance with EFX secure software development guidelines and best    practices and responsible for meeting and maintaining QE, DevSec, and FinOps KPIs.

• Define, maintain and report SLA, SLO, SLIs meeting EFX engineering standards in partnership with the product, engineering and architecture teams

• Drive technical documentation including support, end user documentation and run books. Lead Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospectives, and other team activity.

• Implement architecture decision making associated with Product features/stories, refactoring work, and EOSL decisions

• Create and deliver technical presentations to internal and external technical and non-technical stakeholders communicating with clarity and precision, and present complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate

• Perform R&D, prototyping/PoC of cloud-native solutions

• Design and develop cloud-native solutions. Design and development of big data processing solutions using Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, Composer/Airflow, and others. Design and development of micro services using Java, Springboot, GCP SDKs, GKE/Kubeneties

• Deploy and release software using GitHub Actions, understand infrastructure-as-code concepts, Helm Charts, and Terraform constructs

• Cloud Certification strongly preferred

What experience you need  

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• 7+ years of software engineering experience

• 7+ years experience writing, debugging, and troubleshooting code in mainstream Java, SpringBoot, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS

• 7+ years experience with Cloud technology: GCP, AWS, or Azure

• 7+ years experience designing and developing cloud-native solutions

• 7+ years experience designing and developing microservices using Java, SpringBoot, GCP SDKs, GKE/Kubernetes

• 7+ years experience deploying and releasing software using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, understand infrastructure-as-code concepts, Helm Charts, and Terraform constructs

• Proficiency in utilizing AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot , Claude Code) 

What could set you apart

• Experience creating and maintaining product and software roadmaps

• Experience overseeing yearly as well as product/project budgets

• Experience designing and developing  big data processing solutions using Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, Composer/Airflow, and others

• Experience Running large scale Cloud Optimization projects. 

This is an existing Position

This role has a base salary range of $119,976 - $157,469 The final salary selected from this range is dependent on the location of the role as well as the experiences & capabilities of the candidate selected. We offer comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages, paid time off, and organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks.

Are you ready to power your possible? Apply today, and get started on a path toward an exciting new career at Equifax, where you can make a difference! At Equifax, we value and celebrate diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace where every member of our team feels respected, supported, and has the opportunity to reach their full potential. We strongly encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all aspects of the recruitment process. For a confidential request, please contact your recruiter or email us at [email protected] to make arrangements. If you have any questions regarding accessibility at Equifax, you can also contact us at this same email address, [email protected].

Who is Equifax? 

At Equifax, we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping employers, employees, financial institutions and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. ​​​​​​​ 

We work to help create seamless and positive experiences during life’s pivotal moments: applying for jobs or a mortgage, financing an education or buying a car. Our impact is real and to accomplish our goals we focus on nurturing our people for career advancement and their learning and development, supporting our next generation of leaders, maintaining an inclusive and diverse work environment, and regularly engaging and recognizing our employees. Regardless of location or role, the individual and collective work of our employees makes a difference and we are looking for talented team players to join us as we help people live their financial best. 

Equifax is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.