Lead Software Engineer (Java/Spring Boot) - 100% Remote

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About The Position

Join an ambitious technology initiative within the sector of financial services and insurance for our client, where innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement are at the heart of every project. Working within a newly established agile team, you will contribute to the delivery of large-scale digital solutions while helping advance modern engineering practices, AI-assisted development, and exceptional client experiences. This opportunity offers the chance to influence technical direction, support team growth, and play a key role in building secure, scalable, and high-performing applications that support important business objectives.

Requirements

8 to 10 years of experience.
Extensive experience in Java backend development.
Experience developing complex microservices.
Experience supporting high-scale APIs.
Experience leading and mentoring developers.
Experience leading mixed-level teams consisting of junior and intermediate developers.
Experience working with architects, product owners, principal software engineers, business stakeholders, and development teams.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with unit testing.
Experience addressing code-level vulnerabilities.
Experience using SAST/DAST security tools.
Expert-level Java and Spring Boot development.
Strong experience with REST APIs.
Solid understanding of web applications and server technologies.
Ability to learn internal frameworks quickly.
Knowledge of GitHub Copilot, Claude, or equivalent LLMs.
Ability to leverage AI tools for assisted development, code generation, code enhancement, and productivity.
Knowledge of Snyk, Checkmarx, SonarQube, Veracode, or similar security tools.
Understanding of Secure SDLC practices.
Understanding of basic threat modeling.
Experience with Bitbucket, Jenkins, and CI/CD processes.
Strong unit testing skills using JUnit, Mockito, and REST Assured.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to provide technical leadership and delivery leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience within financial services or insurance.
Experience with retirement products, savings products, or client experience journeys.
Experience with agent orchestration platforms.
Experience with conversational interfaces.
Working knowledge of React.
Understanding of Angular.
Awareness of web accessibility (A11y).
Basic Kubernetes experience, including pod tuning and configuration.
Experience with Docker and containerization.
Experience with Kafka.
Experience with SOAP/XML.
Familiarity with Claude or similar AI technologies.
Customer-focused mindset.
Ability to identify opportunities for reusable components and reuse.
Innovation mindset with enthusiasm for exploring AI technologies to solve business problems.
Security-first mindset.
Ability to evaluate AI solutions for ethical considerations, bias, privacy, and responsible AI practices.
Flexible and adaptable approach to changing priorities and technologies.
Strong technical mindset with the ability to drive quality standards.
Collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams.
Ability and desire to lead through effective communication.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with skilled Agile team members to understand user needs and design, develop and deliver high quality web applications that meet those needs
Configure and design applications and workflows, using outside the box thinking, to create innovative ways to advance our client first strategy
Lead AI-assisted development practices, leveraging GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools to accelerate development velocity and improve code quality
Design, develop, and integrate AI agents and conversational interfaces to enhance application capabilities and deliver intelligent automation solutions
Champion secure coding practices and lead efforts to identify, prioritize, and remediate application security vulnerabilities using SAST/DAST tools
Conduct security code reviews and ensure compliance with security standards and best practices throughout the development lifecycle
Coach, mentor and collaborate with members of the design and development team
Provide technical direction and guidance to projects, ensuring risks are mitigated and projects are implemented successfully
Establish coding standards and technical best practices across the squad
Conduct code reviews and mentor team members on technical excellence
Support developers in removing technical blockers and guide technical implementation of user stories and features
Communicate technical risks, dependencies, and constraints to stakeholders
Participate in planning and refinement sessions with technical perspective and collaborate with Product Owner on technical feasibility and estimates
Drive quality standards and testing practices; identify technical debt and propose solutions
Monitor system performance and reliability and champion continuous improvement initiatives
Contribute to defining timelines and plans; analyze and estimate feasibility, cost, time and scope
Ensure coding, testing, debugging, and implementation activities are completed as required
Participate in agile ceremonies and support on-call and incident response when needed
Represent the squad's technical interests in cross-squad discussions and collaborate with other Tech Leads across squads for consistency