SDC WAMT Principal Backend Engineer---Manager---Dallas, Raleigh, San Antonio

EY•Raleigh, NC

2d•$86,600 - $224,700•Onsite

About The Position

We are a professional services firm with a business unit dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Our teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic team! We help our clients transform. Together we are changing the way they interact with their Customers, Employees and Partners alike. We are modernizing their applications, creating new ones and driving business efficiency across their ever-changing platform and channel infrastructures. Everything we do centers around this simple story. The opportunity As a Technology Service Delivery Manager, you’ll be based in our Service Delivery Center, which is made up of high-performing US-based colleagues who work closely with our experienced advisory professionals. We deliver Technology project-based work and managed services to our clients. Here, you’ll work as part of a project team and will be responsible for the design, build/configuration, testing, analysis, delivery and support of Technology solutions. This position is fast-paced and ever-changing, which means you’ll need to be a flexible self-starter and be able to manage changing priorities and learning new and rapidly changing technology solutions. We are looking for Backend Engineers who will design and develop server-side services, APIs, and data integrations for our financial services clients. The team leverages Java, Spring and Spring Boot, RESTful and SOAP web services, microservices architectures, relational and NoSQL databases, messaging platforms such as Kafka, and cloud technologies to build secure, scalable, and high-performing back-end systems. This role provides architecture, governance, and technical leadership across complex, enterprise-scale initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in enterprise application development, architecture, and technical leadership.
Deep experience developing server-side applications and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring, and Spring Boot.
Expertise in microservices architectures, API design, and event-driven integration with Kafka.
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, JPA or Hibernate, and performance tuning.
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Experience with JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, and web services.
Experience with Jenkins, Git, CI/CD, and testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
Experience with cloud development, containerization, and production triage.
Proven experience owning application architecture, establishing engineering governance, and mentoring technical leaders.
Comfortable working in Agile environments and collaborating with senior business and technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the following technologies
Java, Spring, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures
RESTful and SOAP web services and API design
JSON and XML data formats
SQL and NoSQL databases, and data access frameworks such as JPA or Hibernate
Messaging and event streaming platforms such as Kafka, JMS, or RabbitMQ
Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
Jenkins, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
JUnit, Mockito, and automated testing frameworks
Cloud development, production triage, and enterprise application delivery

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end application architecture and technology roadmaps across complex, enterprise-scale initiatives, and hold the teams accountable for delivering against them.
Establish secure engineering patterns, reusable frameworks, and delivery governance, and make sure they are consistently adopted across engagements.
Lead cross-team decisions, modernization efforts, dependencies, and technical risk, escalating and resolving issues before they affect client delivery.
Influence senior client and internal stakeholders, communicating technical direction and trade-offs in terms the business understands.
Mentor and develop technical leaders and engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and career guidance that helps our people grow.
Define reusable standards and drive organizational capability improvement, so that each engagement leaves the practice stronger than it found it.
Apply and champion code quality, security, testing, and automation standards across the teams you lead, and translate requirements into secure, well-integrated services.