Lead Software Engineer

ity production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others

• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems

• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

• Experience leading teams of technologists

• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives

• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

• Advanced knowledge of software applications and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

• Ability to tackle design and functionality problems independently with little to no oversight

• Proficiency in Java/J2EE and REST APIs, Web Services and experience in building event-driven Micro Services and Kafka streaming.

• Experience in Spring Framework, Spring Boot and AWS Services in public cloud infrastructure

• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security

• Working proficiency in developmental toolsets like GIT/Bitbucket, JIRA, Maven

• Experience working at code level.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Finance domain experience with United States Banking & Payments industry.
• Knowledge and working experience on Card Network Payment, Fraud, Settlement.
• Leading experience of Java Micro services application on AWS/Public cloud platform.
• Certifications in Java programming or related technologies (e.g., Oracle Certified Professional, Spring Certification).
• Certifications in AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate).