Huntington Bancshares
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Description
Engineer Lead – Java / Spring Boot / React / Open Systems
Provide technical leadership and direction for the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, and open-system technologies.
Lead the development of scalable, secure, highly available, and maintainable full-stack applications and microservices.
Define and drive technical solutions aligned with enterprise architecture, security, engineering standards, and business objectives.
Lead the design and implementation of RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven services, and distributed applications.
Provide hands-on technical leadership in Java, Spring Boot, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern open-system development.
Evaluate existing applications and lead modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy platforms to open-system, API-driven, cloud-ready architectures.
Establish and promote software engineering best practices, coding standards, design patterns, reusable components, and development methodologies.
Review technical designs, application architecture, source code, and implementation approaches to ensure quality, scalability, security, and maintainability.
Lead technical discussions and provide recommendations on application architecture, frameworks, tools, and technology solutions.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, helping team members improve their technical skills and software engineering practices.
Partner with architects, product owners, business analysts, DevOps engineers, QA teams, and other technology teams to deliver complex solutions.
Break down complex business and technical requirements into actionable development tasks and provide technical estimates and implementation strategies.
Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues, performance problems, application defects, and integration challenges.
Ensure appropriate automated testing, including unit, integration, API, and end-to-end testing, is incorporated into the development lifecycle.
Drive adoption of CI/CD, DevOps, automated deployment, infrastructure automation, and observability practices.
Ensure applications meet enterprise requirements for security, resiliency, performance, scalability, availability, and regulatory compliance.
Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and provide technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
Coordinate technical dependencies across multiple development teams and ensure successful delivery of cross-team initiatives.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and opportunities for improvement and develop mitigation strategies.
Communicate technical concepts and architectural decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate opportunities to improve engineering productivity, application architecture, and overall technology capabilities.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
5+ years of experience in software engineering and enterprise application development.
Top Skills
3+ years of experience providing technical leadership for software development teams or complex technology initiatives.
Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot.
Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
Strong experience with React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles.
Experience with relational databases and SQL, including technologies such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
Experience with Git and modern software development practices.
Experience with automated testing and quality engineering practices.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical design and development activities for complex applications.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.
Ability to balance hands-on engineering responsibilities with technical leadership and team mentoring.
Experience designing cloud-native and distributed applications using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, and distributed systems.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
Experience with messaging and streaming platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or IBM MQ.
Experience with CI/CD and DevOps technologies such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
Experience with Spring Cloud, Spring Security, OAuth2, JWT, and API Gateway technologies.
Experience with TypeScript and modern React frameworks and libraries.
Experience with NoSQL and caching technologies such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, Google Cloud Bigtable, and Redis.
Experience leading legacy application modernization and open-system transformation initiatives.
Experience migrating applications from mainframe, proprietary, or legacy technologies to Java-based open-system platforms.
Experience with application performance tuning, scalability, resiliency, high availability, and disaster recovery.
Experience with application monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Prometheus, or Grafana.
Experience working in financial services, banking, insurance, or other highly regulated enterprise environments.
Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions across teams and establish enterprise engineering standards.
Experience mentoring engineers and building strong technical teams.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development, developer productivity tools, and emerging software engineering technologies.
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Our Approach to Office Workplace Type
Certain positions outside our branch network may be eligible for a flexible work arrangement. We’re combining the best of both worlds: in-office and work from home. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Remote roles will also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for moments that matter. Specific work arrangements will be provided by the hiring team.
Huntington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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