Lead Software Engineer Java, AWS, , Kafka

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 onsoftware engineeringconcepts 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