Lead Software Engineer - Java

Job responsibilities:

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with 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

• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team. 

• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems

• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience

• 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

• Strong hands-on experience in Java backend development and Spring Boot in production environments

• Proven ability in system design for scalable, secure services using microservices and API-driven architectures

• Strong engineering fundamentals including object-oriented programming, design patterns, concurrency, debugging, and performance tuning

• Solid testing discipline encompassing unit and integration testing, automation, and code quality practices

• Advanced proficiency in programming languages (Java, Python, C#, etc.), Hands-on work with Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI.

• Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Expertise in microservices, RESTful APIs, and database technologies (relational/NoSQL) and experience with development and testing tools and frameworks (JUnit, UDF, Tophat, Cucumber, Groovy, Postman, REST Assured, Eclipse, Maven, Jenkins, IntelliJ).

• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Blazemeter) and Chaos Monkey Testing.

• Cloud certification (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Practical public cloud development experience.

• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.

• Wealth Planning tool experience 

• Effective communication across teams and management, with a proactive approach to process improvement.

• Strong system design, application development, and operational stability skills.

• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face).