Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend

As a Lead Software Engineer in Consumer & Community Banking - Digital Utilities, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted, market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.
Job responsibilities
Execute creative software solutions, including design, development, and technical troubleshooting, with the ability to think beyond conventional approaches to solve complex problems
Develop secure, high-quality production code, and review and debug code written by others
Identify opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
Lead evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented assessment of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability within existing systems
Lead communities of practice across software engineering to drive awareness and adoption of new and leading-edge technologies
Drive team adoption of enterprise-authorized, AI-assisted engineering practices — including code review, refactoring, test strategy acceleration, and incident analysis — to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes
Apply knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized through automation
Foster a team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with eight or more years of applied experience
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages, including Java, Spring, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, MQ, Cassandra, Oracle, Spark, Control-M, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, PowerMock, JMeter, Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace, Jenkins and etc.
Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies, including continuous integration and delivery, application resiliency, and security
Demonstrated proficiency in cloud-native technologies, including experience with Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes
Experience with data streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka and message queuing systems
Demonstrated experience leading effective use of enterprise-authorized, AI-assisted software development tools — including coding, code review, test acceleration, and 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 and outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations, with experience coaching engineers on safe and compliant adoption
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
Experience with distributed platforms such as Amazon Web Services Elastic MapReduce and Apache Spark
Experience developing open-source or internal libraries integrated into applications by other teams
Experience with behavior-driven development using Cucumber and continuous integration using Jenkins and Spinnaker
Experience with cloud-native software deployment on Amazon Web Services and Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Experience with database technologies such as Apache Cassandra, Oracle, or Amazon DynamoDB
Exceptional client relationship skills, including the ability to uncover true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical approaches, and drive efforts to meet committed timelines