Lead software engineer (Full stack Java)

Job description

Role Overview

Join Experian Automotive and help power one of the industrys most trusted vehicle data platforms. Youll design and build high-scale cloud-native systems that process millions of vehicle history and transaction requests daily supporting major partners across dealerships lenders marketplaces and enterprise platforms (e.g. Carvana Cox Automotive and others).

This role blends modern distributed systems engineering with AI-assisted development and emerging agentic workflows giving you the opportunity to shape both core platform architecture and the next generation of intelligent engineering practices.

What Youll Do

       Own the design and delivery of high-performance low-latency APIs and microservices powering vehicle history (VHR) VIN intelligence and transaction systems.

       Build and scale Java/Spring Boot services in a cloud-native AWS environment handling high-throughput real-time workloads.

       Architect and implement event-driven systems using Kafka/SQS to support asynchronous processing and data pipelines.

       Lead development of complex features platform enhancements and proof-of-concepts that drive business impact.

       Contribute to and influence system architecture scalability and reliability decisions across services.

       Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines automated testing and observability (logging tracing performance tuning).

       Collaborate closely with product data and partner teams to deliver mission-critical integrations and APIs.

       Participate in full SDLC ownership: design build deploy operate (you build it you own it).

       Mentor engineers and contribute to a strong engineering culture through code reviews and technical leadership.

AI-Assisted Engineering (Required)

       Leverage tools like GitHub Copilot Codex Cursor and Claude Code to accelerate development testing and documentation.

       Design and integrate AI-assisted workflows and agent-driven capabilities into engineering processes and/or production systems.

       Build or support intelligent features (e.g. automation recommendations data enrichment or decisioning) using AI models and APIs.

       Develop tool-integrated agent workflows including prompt design multi-step orchestration and API-based task execution (e.g. MCP or similar patterns).

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science Software Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience). 10 years (or equivalent experience) building large-scale distributed high-volume transactional systems. Strong expertise in Java Spring Boot microservices architecture and REST API design. Hands-on experience with AWS (compute storage containers networking security monitoring). Experience building event-driven architectures (Kafka SQS ActiveMQ or similar). Strong experience with observability tools (e.g. Splunk Dynatrace Datadog) for debugging and performance optimization. Front-end experience with React JavaScript HTML/CSS (full-stack capability preferred). Experience with PostgreSQL/DB2 and database performance tuning. Solid understanding of Agile SDLC and modern engineering best practices.

Additional Information :

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experians culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI work/life balance development authenticity collaboration wellness reward & recognition volunteering... the list goes on. Experians people first approach is award-winning; Worlds Best Workplaces 2024 (Fortune Top 25) Great Place To Work in 24 countries and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experians DNA and practices and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work irrespective of their gender ethnicity religion colour sexuality physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time