Senior Lead Application Developer

TIAA

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On-site
Location
Iselin, NJCharlotte, NCNew York, NY
Posted
1 day ago
Closes
Jul 15, 2026

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TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America) is a leading Fortune 100 financial services organization and a premier provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, cultural, and governmental fields.

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Application Developer

Nuveen seeks a Senior Lead Application Developer to join its Middle Office Technology team, focusing on designing and developing solutions that support critical business functions. This role involves collaborating with IT Leadership and Business Unit Leaders to create strategic roadmaps and deliver projects that meet business objectives, requiring expertise in investment data management processes and technology. The candidate will oversee the full lifecycle of solution delivery, including research, configuration, implementation, testing, and support, while also coordinating responses to critical issues affecting operations. Key responsibilities include migrating applications from on-premises to cloud environments using AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, and EKS, as well as developing and enhancing portal applications. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in the buy/sell side with a strong background in Java/J2EE/Weblogic, SQL/Unix, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Docker, along with hands-on experience in cloud-native application architecture and automation scripting using Python.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and development of solutions for Middle Office Technology functions.
  • Coordinate responses to critical issues affecting business operations or posing operational risk.
  • Oversee full life cycle of solution delivery, including research, configuration, implementation, testing, and support.
  • Serve as a Technical SME and escalation point for design issues within the team.
  • Prepare and coordinate integration and user acceptance build activities across multiple applications.
  • Assist in providing accurate technical estimations to derive target deployment milestones.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in Buy/Sell side leading complex projects.
  • Expertise in AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS, DMS data migration, Kinesis, SQS/SNS, Micro Services, S3, Athena, QuickSight, Spice, IAM on Azure AD, Prism Alerts and VPC.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Java/J2EE/Weblogic/Middleware Technologies/SQL/Unix.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github, Git, Maven, Docker, Atom.
  • Demonstrated ability to design and develop automation scripts using Python.

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