We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our team and drive the development of highly scalable software applications using Java, Data Structures & Algorithms, and modern engineering practices. This role involves building server-side applications, mentoring team members, and contributing to the overall architecture while ensuring our software solutions meet high standards of quality, performance, and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Function as member of a software engineering team by contributing to software builds through consistent development practices
- Debug basic software components and identify code defects for remediation
- Enable the development, support, and monitoring of software across test, integration, and production environments
- Automate deployments in test or production environments
- Adhere to security and regulatory requirements
- Design and contribute to API implementations
- Follow best practices for automated unit, integration and regression testing
- Participate in pull request reviews to ensure quality code delivery
- Build software as part of a nimble Agile Team where there is every opportunity to impact team goals and contribute to the overall architecture
- Ensure infrastructure is safely extensible, scalable, reliable and meets SLAs for both external and internal users
- Ensure software solutions are testable, intuitive, and easy to maintain
Requirements
- 8 to 12 years of software development, testing and implementation experience
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related STEM field
- Expertise in Java 8, Data Structures & Algorithms, and Spring Boot
- Proficiency in REST APIs, JSON, and Kafka
- Knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL database technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, and PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with GIT, Maven, and Jenkins
- Understanding of Linux/Unix, Gradle/Maven, and Agile development methodologies
- Hands-on experience in implementing highly scalable, low latency software applications using multi-threaded, asynchronous & reactive programming
- Practical experience deploying containerized software applications to cloud computing environments using Kubernetes and Docker
- Background in high availability techniques and implementation knowledge
- Experience in profiling / performance analysis of applications
- Commitment to modern software practices of continuous integration, automated/repeatable testing and collaborative work environments
- Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems, enabling business capabilities through innovation
- Demonstrated willingness to learn innovative technologies and takes pride in fast development of working software
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Familiarity with CI/CD automation tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions
