Lead Software Engineer - Onsite Interviews (Denver)

Transamerica•Denver, CO

2d•$110,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Software Engineer utilizes web and cloud technologies, APIs, and third party software development frameworks to build and support application solutions. Provides lead support for design and development to one or more application development teams, and leads a team of local or outsourced software engineers to build and support business application solutions. This position will have an Invitation Only Technical Career Open House: Discover our culture, connect with leadership, and explore new technical roles at Transamerica. Selected applicants will receive invitations to attend the open house at our Denver office April 14th, 15th, 16th.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience
Five years of Core Java or .NET experience
Expertise in coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. .NET/C#, JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)
Three years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model)
Understanding of NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MS Cosmos DB, Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB)
One year of development experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS/Azure) utilizing various support tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)
Experience with build and deployment tools - (Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SQL Management Studio, Nunit, Ajax)
Experience in developing distributed computing (MS HPC, Sagemaker, Spark)
Three years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices)
Experience with Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, IIS, Swagger, Odata, .NET API 2, .NET API Core, AutoMapper)
Experience leveraging continuous integration/development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci/CD pipeline
Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (Angular, React, Vue.js, ASP.NET MVC, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS, Ajax)
Advanced understanding of software development and research tools
Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus
Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Technical communication skills
Problem-solving and technical communication skills
Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

Nice To Haves

Understanding of advanced analytics and machine learning concepts and technology implementations
Understanding of big data and real time streaming analytics processing architecture
Understanding of data warehousing architecture and implementation, including source to target mappings and ETL.
Technology or platform certifications (e.g. AWS, Microsoft)
Knowledge of the financial services industry

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.
Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies.
Perform design and analysis for deliverables.
Lead large team design sessions for system level architecture solutions.
Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies; mentor other team members in design/coding standards.
Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
Lead analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions.
Participate on committees or projects to help define organization-wide standards, processes, and guidelines.
Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to rapidly develop basic application solutions.
Lead web development staff, including contract and off-shore developers; may have supervisory responsibility over employees.
Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
Prepare presentations and lead development meetings.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Bonus for Eligible Employees
Benefits Package
Pension Plan
401k Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Discounts
Career Training & Development Opportunities
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs