Lead Software Engineer

Franklin Templeton

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Baltimore, MD
Salary: $134,500–$174,500 / yr
Posted: 22 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton is a global investment management organization offering a wide range of mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investment solutions to retail and institutional investors worldwide. Industry: Investment Management & Asset Management

Franklin Templeton currently has 16 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $137,250–$174,500 across 16 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Software Engineer

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The Lead Software Engineer joins the Wealth Management Technology team to support the mission-critical CashApp Money Movement platform. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining transaction processing components for ACH, wires, and checks while ensuring strict compliance with AML/KYC and OFAC controls. You will own critical components across integrations, workflow orchestration, and system reliability, modernizing legacy systems into cloud-native microservices. The technical stack includes Java, Spring Boot, Angular, React, SQL Server, Snowflake, Kafka, and Azure. You will utilize GitLab, Bamboo CI/CD, and Jira to manage high-volume, high-reliability money movement. Key responsibilities include performing root cause analysis, conducting peer reviews, and leveraging an AI-first mindset to generate high-quality code and automation scripts for complex transaction flows and regulatory validations.

Skills

Java Spring Boot Microservices Azure AWS Kubernetes Kafka SQL Server Snowflake Angular React REST APIs GitLab Bamboo CI/CD Jira ServiceNow Agile Scrum Distributed Systems ISO 20022

What you'll do

Design, develop, and maintain CashApp transaction processing components for ACH, wires, and checks.
Modernize platform components into a cloud-native microservices architecture using Java and Spring Boot.
Own critical components across transaction processing, integrations, and workflow orchestration.
Perform root cause analysis and resolution for production incidents and system failures.
Enhance integrations with accounting platforms, AML monitoring systems, and Azure cloud environments.
Improve automation coverage for regression, API, and downstream validations.
Conduct code peer reviews and support branching strategies for the engineering team.
Validate AI-generated code and outputs before applying them to critical production systems.

What we're looking for

8+ years of software engineering experience.
Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Strong experience in Java, microservices architecture, API integrations, and distributed systems.
Experience with money movement platforms, high-volume systems, and file-based processing like NACHA or wire instructions.
Understanding of regulatory controls including AML/KYC, OFAC, and ISO 20022.
Experience leading critical platform components or modules.
Experience with payment orchestration platforms (preferred).
Familiarity with observability tools, performance tuning, digital onboarding, and FinTech integrations (preferred).

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