Lead Software Engineer, Fullstack Java, Business Banking

What you'll do

• Lead technical design and delivery of complex full-stack capabilities using Java, Spring Boot, and React or Angular.
• Drive event-driven architecture patterns using Kafka, including idempotency, retries, and schema evolution.
• Establish and improve engineering practices for automated testing, CI/CD quality gates, and release readiness.
• Own production excellence by reducing incidents, performing root cause analysis, and tuning system performance.
• Improve observability by defining actionable metrics, dashboards, logs, and alerts using telemetry tooling.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing, and technical coaching on reusable patterns.
• Drive adoption and governance of approved AI-assisted engineering practices to improve code quality and delivery speed.
• Partner with product and operations teams to align delivery plans and manage technical risk.

What we're looking for

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Advanced hands-on experience building microservices and APIs using Java (8+) and Spring Boot in large-scale environments.
• Strong full-stack engineering depth with modern web frameworks like React or Angular and pragmatic API/UI design.
• Proven experience building and operating event-driven systems with Kafka, including reliability patterns like retries and idempotency.
• Solid database skills using SQL for data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience with NoSQL data stores such as Cassandra, DynamoDB, or Elasticsearch for scale and reliability.
• Experience designing resilient, highly available architectures with a focus on failure-mode analysis and secure engineering practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading the use of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools and coaching others on compliant usage.
• Experience building client-facing digital products in banking, lending, payments, or small-business platforms (preferred).
• Experience deploying and operating services on cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Cloud Foundry (preferred).
• Experience with service reliability practices such as SLOs, capacity planning, and operational automation (preferred).
• Familiarity with PCI DSS requirements and secure-by-design engineering practices (preferred).
• Relevant cloud or security certifications aligned to the role’s focus areas (preferred).