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 
• Leads and mentors a team up to ten junior software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. 
• Drives automation initiatives for CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, and operational processes. 
• Optimizes application performance through tuning, monitoring, and proactive improvements. 
• Engages in development expertise in Java, Spring Boot, React and Kafka messaging 
• Collaborates with product owners, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions. 
• Designs and implements highly available and resilient systems, ensuring minimal downtime and robust disaster recovery. 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Formal training or certification on
  software engineering

  concepts and 5+ years applied experience 
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability 
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s) such as Java and React
   
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods, and in all aspects of 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.) 
• Advanced experience in domain-driven design, relational databases, PostgreSQL, and Kafka 
• Hands on experience in Kafka, Spring Boot, JSON, and AWS services.  Advanced hands on experience in AWS Cloud services and deployment of applications
• Experience in architecture, design, deployment and troubleshooting of scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker or other containers
   
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems 
• Exposure to work flow engine solutions