Staff Software Engineer

Candescent is a forward-thinking technology company transforming how financial institutions deliver Intelligent Banking experiences. We unite digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions that power and connect digital banking, account opening, and branch solutions—creating seamless engagement across digital, remote, and in-person channels. Our Experience-Led, Intelligence-Driven approach combines human-centered design with data, automation, and cloud-based innovation. Built on an API-first architecture, our extensible ecosystem enables institutions to adapt quickly, integrate easily, and unlock new opportunities for growth—turning every customer interaction into a moment of clarity, confidence, and connection. Candescent is searching for a Principal Software Engineer specializing in React Native mobile development to join our Engineering team. This role will partner closely with Enterprise Architects, Product Management, UX/UI Design, and engineering leads to shape strategic architecture decisions and deliver secure, scalable, and intuitive mobile banking experiences.   The Principal Software Engineer will provide hands-on technical leadership across design, development, deployment, and production support. The successful candidate will combine deep React Native and native mobile expertise with sound architectural judgment, strong communication skills, and the ability to use AI-enabled development tools responsibly to accelerate the software development lifecycle.   Key Responsibilities and Deliverables   Design and develop highly configurable, extensible, and pluggable React Native applications.   Partner with Product Management and UX/UI Design to create clean, accessible, and intuitive mobile experiences.   Collaborate with server-side engineering teams to design and integrate RESTful APIs that enable new capabilities and improve existing features.   Drive architectural decisions with Enterprise Architects and engineering leads, including evaluating the implications, risks, and downstream impacts of proposed changes.   Provide development guidance, reusable code examples, technical documentation, and unit-test strategies.   Lead and participate in design reviews, code reviews, hands-on coding, troubleshooting, implementation support, and production support.   Optimize application performance through testing, analysis, and actionable improvement recommendations.   Build and maintain native integrations across iOS and Android when React Native solutions require platform-specific components.   Use AI-assisted engineering tools, including Claude and Cursor, to improve developer productivity while maintaining quality, security, and engineering standards.   Mentor engineers, promote reusable patterns, and translate complex technical problems into clear, practical solutions.   Support mobile CI/CD, release management, and publishing processes across Apple and Google ecosystems.   Qualifications a…