Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Position Description: 

Builds and delivers scalable applications according to established design principles using Java and Spring frameworks in an Agile environment. Provides continuous production support by responding to business queries and performing root cause analysis of production issues. Collaborates with architects to create and deploy extensive, scalable, and high performing applications into Amazon Web Services (AWS) services using S3, EC2, Lambda, IAM, SSO, VPS, RDS with Oracle, MariaDB, and Datadog. Supports new development work for applications using Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools -- BigBucket, Jenkins, UDeploy, Concourse, EKS, and Docker. Develops, deploys, and maintains code quality by performing code reviews and writing JUnit/integration test cases.  Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Participates in architecture design teams. 

• Defines and implements application level architecture. 

• Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division. 

• Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans. 

• Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables. 

• Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems. 

• Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms. 

• Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget. 

• Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects. 

• Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects. 

• Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues. 

• Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives. 

• Advises senior management on technical strategy. 

• Mentors junior team members. 

• Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives. 

• Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts. 

Education and Experience: 

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) developing Cloud-ready Java and Spring Boot applications in a financial service environment. 

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) developing Cloud-ready Java and Spring Boot applications in a financial services environment. 

Skills and Knowledge: 

Candidate must also possess: 

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) analyzing, designing, implementing, and performing version control, automated build-deploy, disaster recovery, and post-installation validation according to Agile methodologies and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) using Jenkins, uDeploy, and Concourse. 

• DE building Web applications using Java EE, Tomcat, Spring framework, JSON-RPC messaging interface, and complex, multi-threaded, and real time algorithms. 

• DE developing 12-factor compliant and Cloud ready Java, Spring, and relational database applications using Spring Boot microservices in a financial or analytical services environment; and hosting services to public Cloud (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) using EKS and Docker. 

• DE developing REST Web services to support OAuth based authentication (according to security standards) and integrating with client User Interfaces (UIs) using Angular and Typescript. 

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