
Lead Software Engineer - Java on Spring
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
- Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
- Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
- Lead the design and implementation of key solutions to extend, enhance and modernize our platforms.
- Balance individual contributor hands-on coding with technical/people leadership of a scrum team.
- Collaborate with Product partners to shape and drive the roadmap
- Coach and grow engineers within the scrum team.
- Take accountability for the quality, stability and resiliency of the team's deliveries.
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
- Experience working within a multi-stakeholder environment partnering with Design Authority and Architect across an organization.
- Expertise in breaking down product requirements into achievable solutions and execution plans.
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in explaining technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
- Deep expertise in one or more programming languages and system design/architecture.
- Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
- Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
- Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.)
- Hands-on experience developing microservices using Java, Spring Boot, event based architecture.
- Experience in the development/support of REST API interfaces (Java, SpringBoot, Kafka, Open API Specification, Swagger,), SQL, and NoSQL technologies.
- Java Spring Hibernate, AWS, Design Thinking, Design Patterns
- Domain First Design Methodology, Open API Specification and API Security.
- Experience in API Management platforms, API Gateways, API Catalog, and a deep understanding of API technologies - REST, GraphQL.
- Experience with public cloud AWS and container platforms such as AWS ECS, Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience building distributed systems with microservices.