Software Engineer II - Services at Kapitus
$96,300–$154,400from the description
Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-to-senior software engineering role focused on building and maintaining microservices using AWS serverless technologies — including Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB, and API Gateway — with Node.js and Python. The position sits within an Agile team, involves mentoring junior engineers, and requires both REST and event-driven service design. A background in financial services or lending is a plus.
Mid level · 4+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,400–30,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title 'AWS Software Engineer II' maps to a Mid-level band; the 4–8 year experience range and the requirement to provide technical direction to junior engineers are consistent with a solid Mid-level (II) role rather than Senior.
The degree requirement states 'BS degree … or equivalent practical experience', so no hard degree gate applies.
The experience range of 4–8 years is given as a single requirement; the overall years minimum is set to the lower bound of 4.
STS (AWS Security Token Service) is listed alongside the other AWS services in the requirements block and is included as a hard gate, though it is rarely screened on its own — it may simply reflect stack context.
Lending/financial services domain experience appears only under Preferred Skills.
AWS certification and TDD appear only under Preferred Skills.
The posting notes remote candidates are considered only in states where Kapitus has an established physical presence; the caller has instructed this be treated as fully remote with a national pool.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Test-Driven Development.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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