Description

In this role, you will:

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering team while reviewing critical Java and Spring Boot code and contributing to high-risk deliverables
• Own application resiliency and availability, leading major-incident response and engaging directly in complex diagnosis and remediation
• Set engineering standards across the application lifecycle and create reference implementations or targeted code changes to reduce delivery risk
• Lead complex initiatives end to end, resolving escalated design and coding issues, reviewing critical pull requests, and building proofs of concept
• Set application strategy and drive improvements in APIs, service design, performance, scalability, and technical-debt reduction through architecture and code reviews
• Shape architecture, API and data design, secure coding standards, and reference solutions for OCP or Kubernetes
• Own strategic commitments and OKRs, governing delivery quality while directly supporting complex, high-risk changes
• Hold strategic vendors accountable for performance, risk, cost, delivery, technical design, and code quality
• Lead distributed U.S. and India teams while staying hands-on through design reviews, targeted pair programming, critical code reviews, and complex issue resolution
• Develop leaders and engineering talent through strategic hiring, technical coaching, design walkthroughs, code reviews, and selective pair programming
• Lead responsible AI engineering adoption to accelerate prototyping, code quality, test automation, and vulnerability detection
• Influence Business, Risk, Architecture, and Platform partners through technical analysis, solution development, and measurable engineering outcomes

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of experience with Java web services, Spring Boot, Spring, Domain and Event Driven Design, Automation, DevOps, Databases (Oracle, Mongo), Kafka/ IBM MQ and SDLC tools
• 5+ years of talent and team development, finance forecasting, risk management and ability to present to senior leadership
• 4+ years of Cloud experience (OCP OR Kubernetes)
• 4+ years of Agile Methodology
• 3+ years of management or leadership experience
• 1+ year of demonstrated experience with AI-assisted code generation and test automation

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience within Payment’s domain
• Demonstrated ability to manage a diverse, geographically distributed team
• Experience with production support teams in a fast-paced, customer-facing application environment including leading high visibility production incidents where SLAs are crucial to business success
• Demonstrated technical and hands-on experience to help be a key driver in all architectural decisions

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate