Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architecture decisions for highly available and maintainable applications
Troubleshoot complex technical issues across applications, cloud infrastructure, eventing platforms, and integrations
Identify opportunities to eliminate, automate, or reduce recurring issues to improve operational stability
Drive engineering best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, resiliency, secure coding, and production readiness
Partner with product owners, architects, engineering teams, and stakeholders to deliver solutions aligned to business priorities and control requirements
Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot (8 plus years)
Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed backend services.
Practical experience developing, deploying, or supporting applications using AWS cloud technologies
Experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms
Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Experience developing secure production code, performing code reviews, and improving engineering standards.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with experience improving production stability.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Expertise with modern middleware services technologies
Experience with containerized application delivery and Kubernetes-based platforms
Experience with Kafka-based event-driven architecture, messaging platforms, or streaming technologies
Experience with infrastructure-as-code or cloud deployment automation
Experience with performance tuning, resiliency testing, monitoring, logging, and alerting
Experience working in highly controlled or regulated technology environments
Experience with security, identity, access, fraud, trust, risk, or customer protection platforms
