Job responsibilities
- Lead the strategy for our UI estate, driving best practices on UX, architecture and integration with our Back end components
- Execute creative software solutions, design, develop and innovate across a full stack suite of applications.
- Think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Engage directly with our Product Owners and stakeholders to drive the delivery of novel solutions
- Mentor and guide the next generation of software engineers
- Develop secure high-quality production code, and collaborate with peers to review and debug code
- Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcome-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
- Investigate and triage new technologies that can provide benefit to the platform, engage with senior partners to introduce these to the stack
- Lead communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
- Add to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
- Advanced knowledge on front end technologies - Typescript, AngularJS, React, Vite, Jest, D3 and related libraries/Frameworks
- Strong knowledge of back end technologies - Java, Spring
- Hands-on experience managing a book of work independently and engaging directly with stakeholders and product owners
- Hands-on experience with UX best practices and practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
- Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
- Practical cloud native experience
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Hands on experience with Kubernetes (Or CKAD certification)
- Knowledge with MQ, Kafka