Java Software Engineer; Team Lead

FINRA • Rockville, MD

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced hands-on technical team lead to design, deliver scalable, secure, enterprise-grade solutions. This role requires deep Java expertise with strong knowledge of modern software architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven), cloud-native AWS development, and DevOps/CI/CD proficiency. The lead will provide technical mentorship through code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders, while making architectural and technical decisions and drive engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 7 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
• Strong system design experience.
• Strong experience in object-oriented development.
• Strong experience with cloud technologies.
• Strong experience in data storage technologies.
• Strong experience in performance tuning and optimization.
• Strong experience in DevOps and CI/CD technologies.
• Strong experience test automation and unit testing.
• Strong experience software security.
• Backend Development: Experience in backend development across server-side technologies and architectures.
• Ability to design and implement scalable, high-performance systems from API layer to data persistence, with deep understanding of modern frameworks (Spring Boot), RESTful and GraphQL APIs, microservices architectures, event-driven architectures, and database design patterns.
• Data Storage Technologies: Strong experience with modern data storage solutions including relational databases and NoSQL systems with expertise in data modeling approaches and design patterns for diverse data persistence requirements.
• System Design & Architecture: System Design & Architecture: system design experience with ability to architect scalable, enterprise-grade document and metadata ingestion, processing, and persistence at scale.
• DevOps & Infrastructure: Assist with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines while architecting and developing cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services, including Lambda, Step functions, SQS, SNS, S3, ECS, Fargate, Aurora, fostering a strong DevOps culture within the team.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with OpenSearch and NoSQL databases is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops industry-leading solutions that meet defined quality standards, reliability specifications, and help achieve key strategic objectives.
• Takes broad perspective to problems and exercises independent judgement in techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results.
• Identifies ways to overcome challenging situations that jeopardize the achievement of business goals.
• Develops actionable insights from analyzing software development trends, software engineering best practices, and innovative test environment management tools and communicates integration recommendations to management.
• Helps identify gaps between system components and designs and delivers solutions.
• Implements methods for managing and maintaining the organization’s software development environments to ensure software engineers are equipped with the tools and resources necessary to create and validate builds.
• Coaches and trains less experienced colleagues in techniques, processes, and responsibilities.
• Integrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative into team goals and decisions.
• Partners within and across teams to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities.

Benefits

• comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.
• basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal.
• immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution.
• tuition reimbursement.
• commuter benefits.
• adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
• 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days, unless otherwise required by law (all pro-rated in the first year).
• two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule).
• military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment).
• nine paid holidays.
• discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• overtime pay in accordance with federal, state, or local law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior