• Architect and lead implementation of cloud‑native networking components across AWS/Azure environments • Work with CNI plugins, SR‑IOV • Define and implement network virtualization strategies using OVS, OVS‑DPDK, VMware NSX, or cloud‑native overlay networks • Work with SDN controllers to manage dynamic network provisioning, micro‑segmentation, and service mesh / policy automation • Lead performance benchmarking, network observability, packet tracing, and troubleshooting efforts across multi‑cloud environments • Collaborate with platform, SRE, DevOps, security, and application teams to ensure networking reliability, security, and scalability • Guide the adoption of CI/CD processes for cloud‑network infrastructure • Document architectures, design decisions, operational guides, and standards for cloud networking • Mentor a team of cloud/networking engineers and provide technical leadership during design reviews and incident analysis

• Lead the provisioning, management, and optimisation of cloud infrastructure and services (OCI, AWS, Azure, Native Services, IaaS, PaaS) • Oversee the deployment and configuration of public cloud resources, ensuring security, scalability, and cost efficiency • Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools for cloud resource management • Implement Infrastructure-As-Code approach and develop Terraform scripts for all cloud Infrastructure deployments • Drive integration with DevOps workflows, supporting rapid deployment and continuous delivery • Mentor and guide L2 Support Analysts, promoting knowledge sharing and skill development • Organize an On-Call rota for this area • Lead cloud migration projects, ensuring minimal disruption and robust risk management • Participate in governance, reporting, and service review meetings • Establish and maintain cloud landing zones with policy‑as‑code guardrails (e.g., Azure Policy/Defender for Cloud, AWS Organizations/Control Tower SCPs, OCI Policies), including tagging, naming, quota, and region use standards • Own identity and access standards (enforce least privilege, SSO, role mapping, privileged access break‑glass, workload identities) and key/secrets management (KMS/HSM, rotation SLAs, secret scanning) • Define and operate network reference architectures (hub‑and‑spoke, private endpoints, service endpoints, egress controls, DNS, global load balancing, cross‑cloud connectivity) with security baselines • Lead container/Kubernetes platform operations (AKS/EKS/OKE): cluster lifecycle, node pools, autoscaling, admission control, image provenance, and supply chain security • Own FinOps operations (allocation/chargeback, budgets/alerts, rightsizing, RIs/Savings Plans/Flexible commitments, lifecycle policies for idle/orphaned resources) • Maintain golden images/base templates and patch pipelines for compute/container runtimes; ensure vulnerability management and CIS/NIST/CIS‑benchmark alignment

About us: Branch is on a mission to empower workers with financial freedom. We do this by helping companies accelerate payments and providing working Americans with accessible, free financial services. We’re committed to building and delivering more inclusive, transparent, and frictionless financial products. Our goal of empowerment extends to our own employees, too. Have a great idea? Share it today and it might just get implemented tomorrow. As a member of our team, your voice and creativity matter—and they can directly impact our products, company, and culture. We not only focus on attracting great talent from across the country, but also on building teams that help that talent thrive. That means valuing a diversity of opinions and working styles, while creating a shared belief in innovation, initiative, and winning together. Come join our team as we develop new ways to improve the lives of working Americans. About the role: In this Senior Software Engineer role at Branch, you will be responsible for developing core components for our FinTech products. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Java and microservices, with a focus on designing and optimizing scalable backend services and RESTful APIs. This position requires a solid foundation in computer science and a passion for upholding high engineering standards through code reviews and collaborative teamwork. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Measure and optimize the performance, scalability, and uptime of backend services - Demonstrate and promote a culture of engineering excellence - Conduct design and code reviews and push the bar for engineering rigor and standards - Collaborate with product management, customer success, and customer support to deliver the best experience for our users - Focus on consistent, cohesive REST APIs and domain driven service design to facilitate and orchestrate service contracts Qualifications: - Attention to detail and passion for doing great work - 5+ years of experience in building clean, well architected, distributed, and scalable software - Strong computer science fundamentals, with deep knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design - Strong command of Java and Java based microservices with Spring Boot - Experience designing and supporting customer facing RESTful APIs - Design and implementation of relational database schemas running on PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or equivalent - Fluent with unit / integration testing concepts and tools including JUnit / Mockito, or equivalent - Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, git-flow, SonarQube for CICD a plus - BS in Computer Science or equivalent program Compensation: The salary range for this role is $160-170k. The salary range displayed reflects an average base salary range for the position across all the U.S. The base salary offered to an applicant could be higher or lower based on each applicant's specific skill set, depth of experience, relevant education or training, etc. Location: This position is classified as REMOTE within the United States of America. We are unable to hire candidates located outside of the domestic U.S. Benefits: - Market-leading medical, dental, and vision insurance - Stock options - Free Premium-Tier Origin Financial Wellness subscription - Monthly home-office stipend - 401k (TransAmerica) - 12-weeks paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents - Flexible time off + sick and safe time - 11 paid company holidays Working at Branch A remote-first company with employees located throughout the U.S., Branch emphasizes transparency, accountability, and trust to create a collaborative environment where our product, engineering, marketing, customer support, customer success, and sales teams can all thrive together. Learn more about what we do in this video! Our collaborative spirit has helped us become an award-winning FinTech company, with Branch’s innovation and workplace recognized across industries. Branch has been honored by Inc., the Webby Awards, Benzinga FinTech Awards, FinTech Breakthrough Awards, Top Workplaces USA, Great Places to Work, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Heartland, among others. Learn more about our culture, approach, technology, and people here: https://www.branchapp.com/about Branch is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Must be currently authorized to work in the USA without sponsorship or transfer. No third-parties, please. View how Branch collects your personal data here.

• Design and implement highly available, resilient, and cost effective platforms and middleware solutions. • Drive automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps practices to improve efficiency and reduce manual operations. • Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting containerized applications. • Engineer and support container platforms such as RedHat OpenShift (OCP) and other Kubernetes platforms (EKS/AKS/ECS) in enterprise environments. • Implement and manage service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio) to enhance traffic management, observability, and microservices security. • Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting standards to ensure platform reliability, performance, and SLA compliance. • Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Middleware platforms, advising teams on architecture, best practices, and operational excellence. • Partner with security and compliance teams to embed governance, security controls, and DevSecOps practices into platform designs. • Lead troubleshooting efforts and act as an escalation point for complex Level III and Level IV production issues. • Install, configure, and maintain middleware platforms, Kubernetes clusters, applications, and supporting infrastructure. • Mentor and guide junior engineers, promoting best practices and supporting technical growth across the team. • Document architecture, operational procedures, and standard operating processes following industry standards. • Participate in and lead technical discussions, contributing to architectural decisions and cross functional collaboration. • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements that enhance platform performance, security, and scalability.