Principal Software Engineer

Description

Envestnet is seeking a

Principal Software Engineer

to join our Technology department.

Envestnet is transforming the way financial advice is delivered through its connected technology, advanced insights, and asset management solutions – backed by industry-leading service and support. Since 1999, Envestnet has served the wealth management industry and today supports trillions in platform assets, serving over a hundred thousand financial advisors. The vast majority of the nation’s leading banks, the largest wealth management and brokerage firms, and over 500 of the largest RIAs rely on Envestnet’s wealth management platform and solutions to drive business growth, boost productivity, and deliver better financial outcomes for their clients.

Envestnet’s Strategy

• Deliver the industry-leading wealth management platform, powered by advanced data and insights
• Leverage our scale and efficiencies to serve our clients’ needs comprehensively
• Enable financial advisors to deliver more holistic advice – reflecting a more complete view of their clients’ financial lives, and in a more connected environment

For more information, please visit www.envestnet.com.

Job Summary

The Principal Software Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor with deep Java/J2EE expertise, responsible for leading the technical modernization of large-scale, legacy enterprise platforms. This role has broad technical influence across teams and is accountable for driving architecture evolution, modernization strategy, and engineering excellence without direct people management.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working deeply within complex legacy systems while defining and executing a clear path forward through APIs, microservices, cloud readiness, and AI-assisted development practices. This role plays a critical part in reducing technical debt, improving scalability and maintainability, and enabling the platform to meet evolving business demands.

Job Responsibilities

• Modernize legacy Java/J2EE systems through assessment, refactoring, and incremental migration to microservices and APIs.
• Convert JSP / custom tag libs / page handlers into service/API-based implementations while maintaining functional stability.
• Work effectively within existing application frameworks while evolving solutions toward service oriented and API based designs as needed.
• Apply strong SQL skills for query design, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural guidance, influencing engineering practices without direct people management.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions in a fast paced enterprise environment.
• Contribute to cloud readiness and deployments; AWS/cloud experience preferred.
• Use enterprise approved AI tools responsibly to support engineering activities such as analysis, coding assistance, documentation, and productivity improvements.
• Support adoption of AI assisted development and code review workflows to improve delivery speed, quality, and maintainability over time.
• Adherence to and application of Envestnet legal, compliance, risk, business continuity and administrative policy within the role and department(s) including the timely completion of training \& awareness, affirmations and testing as requested.
• As part of the responsibilities for this role, you will understand and readily support Envestnet's established corporate business practices, policies, internal controls and procedures designed to create value or minimize risk.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field required.
• 10\+ years application and product development experience required.
• Extensive experience building and modernizing Java/J2EE enterprise applications.
• Proven track record of leading modernization initiatives within large, complex legacy systems.
• Strong expertise in RESTful APIs, service oriented design, and modern application architectures.
• Advanced SQL skills, including query design, tuning, and troubleshooting at scale.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and modern deployment models.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders.

Envestnet

• Be a member of an innovative and industry leading financial technology and solutions company
• Competitive Compensation/Total Reward Packages that include:

+ Health Benefits (Health/Dental/Vision)

+ Paid Time Off (PTO) \& Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

+ 401K – Company Match

+ Annual Bonus Incentives

+ Parental Stipend

+ Tuition Reimbursement

+ Student Debt Program

+ Charitable Match

+ Wellness Program

Salary

The annual base salary range for this position is $166,000 to $208,000\.

Envestnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.