Regional bank modernizing core systems with cloud and API infrastructure
WaFd Bank operates a national retail and commercial bank headquartered in Seattle with 1,001–5,000 employees. The tech stack reveals active infrastructure modernization: Java/Spring/Spring Boot on-premises paired with AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB), API-first design patterns (OpenAPI, Swagger, MuleSoft Anypoint), and nCino for lending workflows. Hiring velocity is accelerating with 150 open roles, but the department mix is heavily finance- and support-focused (80 and 44 roles respectively) against just 4 engineering headcount — typical for a bank completing a legacy system refresh rather than building new product lines.
WaFd Bank is a publicly traded national bank founded in 1917, operating retail, commercial, and treasury business lines across the United States. The product roadmap centers on expanding small business and consumer client bases, deploying new treasury products, and optimizing operational workflows through internal audits and market research. Core pain points revolve around deposit growth, credit risk management, regulatory compliance, and relationship development — standard for regional banks balancing profitability against rising competition and deposit volatility. The organization uses Salesforce for customer management, OnBase for document workflows, and nCino for origination and portfolio management.
Java, Spring Boot, Python on-premises; AWS (Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB) for cloud workloads; MuleSoft Anypoint for API orchestration; nCino for lending; Salesforce for CRM; OnBase for document management.
Seattle, Washington. The bank is a publicly traded company with 1,001–5,000 employees, founded in 1917, hiring exclusively in the United States.
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