Staff Engineer - Java

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, test, debug, and maintain software product applications.
• Act as a technical leader on the team, collaborating closely with the Architecture team and other members to deliver on the backlog.
• Ensure platform architecture meets growth, monitoring, and alerting goals.
• Lead deep, complex, and high-risk technical projects, managing communication around them.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and make appropriate trade-off decisions.
• Mentor junior team members on techniques, tools, and best practices.
• Design and develop features to enhance Early Warning's core product offerings.
• Manage source code using Git and query platform data with SQL-based databases.
• Work on complex Java Web Services using Spring Boot.
• Track sprint work in Jira, document decisions in Confluence, and build automated tests integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Submit pull requests and incorporate review feedback.
• Troubleshoot complex bugs during development.
• Support the company's risk management and data integrity efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 10 or more years of industry experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Java.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and low-level optimization skills.
• Proficiency with Git source control.
• Familiarity with writing automated tests.
• Advanced proficiency with SQL.
• Advanced proficiency in RESTful service design.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and make informed trade-off decisions.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to influence decisions.
• Background and drug screening clearance.

Nice to Have

• Spring / Spring Boot framework experience.
• Strong understanding of event-based programming, multi-threading, memory management, fault tolerance, distributed systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms.
• Experience with SOAP services.
• Familiarity with data formats like XML, JSON, YAML.
• NoSQL experience (Redis, HBASE, AeroSpike, etc.).
• Experience with Kafka.
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes.
• FinTech industry experience.

Qualifications

• Educational background or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant industry experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary based on location and experience, ranging from $150,000 to $190,000 annually.
• Discretionary incentive plan and benefits.
• Healthcare coverage including medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Company contributions to HSA or FSA accounts.
• Unlimited paid time off for exempt employees, generous PTO for non-exempt employees, 11 paid holidays, and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Maven Family Planning support for parenting and fertility needs.