Job responsibilities
- Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality 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
- Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Proficiency in Java.
- Experience with Spring Boot, Kafka, and Cassandra or any other NoSQL database.
- Experience with application monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
- Proficiency in all aspects of the software development life cycle.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including CI/CD, application resiliency, and security.
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a specific discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile).
- In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and its IT systems.
- Practical experience with cloud-native technologies.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with big data technologies such as Spark and Hadoop, with a demonstrated ability to work on complex data processing and analytics projects.
- Familiarity with CockroachDB or any other relational database, showcasing the ability to handle and optimize relational data management.
- People management experience, including a proven track record of leading teams, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to a positive team culture.