Lead Software Engineer - Java

Job Description

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Java with Microservices, Kafka & Investment Banking to lead our scrum team from a technology perspective. This role is critical for success, driving secure backend services, API design and full-stack application development while guiding engineers through best practices and architectural decisions in the alternative investment domain.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop guidelines, standards and processes to ensure code quality
• Ensure coding standards and other software development best practices are followed
• Participate in architecture related conversations
• Conduct code reviews and assist developers/engineers in resolving key issues
• Review design and development plans
• Hands-on development of critical components and frameworks
• Develop, enhance and maintain system components
• Collaborate with stakeholders including Executive, Product, Enablement and Design teams
• Identify, resolve and proactively communicate technology issues
• Recognize critical dependencies in advance and work toward resolution

Requirements

• 8 to 12 years of work experience
• 8 years of experience designing and developing front end applications and APIs
• Hands-on technology leadership, preferably in full stack development
• Proficiency in Java, Spring, Spring Boot
• Expertise in Spring Data JPA, Spring Batch, Spring Integration
• Background in Microservices and Apache Kafka
• Skills in secure backend services, API design and development, including TDD and BDD
• Competency in Single Page Application design and development, secure services design
• Understanding of full stack application design and data modeling
• Familiarity with DevOps, QA practices and development task estimation
• Excellent communication, presentation and client-facing skills, with strong organization, attention to detail, team leadership and the capability to deal with ambiguity

Nice to have

• Background in Financial Services
• Knowledge of alternative investment
• Willingness to study legacy code and continuous learning