Senior Application Developer

Equifax • Alpharetta, GA

7d

About The Position

Equifax is seeking a creative, high-energy, and driven software engineer to work on meaningful projects with a team of talented engineers using leading-edge technology. The role focuses on cloud-native, distributed microservice architectures and involves designing, developing, prototyping, deploying, and supporting cloud-native and big data solutions. The Senior Application Developer collaborates with architects, SRE leads, product and business partners, and other technical leaders to establish technical direction and best practices. The role also leads and mentors cross-functional engineering teams, oversees secure development and engineering KPIs, defines and reports service-level objectives and indicators, and communicates technical information to varied audiences. The position is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is full-time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 7 years of software engineering experience.
• At least 7 years of experience writing, debugging, and troubleshooting code using Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• At least 7 years of experience with cloud technologies such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• At least 7 years of experience designing and developing cloud-native solutions.
• At least 7 years of experience designing and developing microservices using Java, Spring Boot, GCP SDKs, and GKE/Kubernetes.
• At least 7 years of experience deploying and releasing software using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and understanding infrastructure-as-code concepts, Helm charts, and Terraform constructs.

Nice To Haves

• Cloud certification is strongly preferred.
• Ability to identify and respond to priority shifts with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership qualities.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to resolve conflicts.
• Experience creating and maintaining product and software roadmaps.
• Experience overseeing yearly and product/project budgets.
• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience designing and developing big data processing solutions using Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, Composer/Airflow, and other technologies.
• UI development experience, such as HTML, JavaScript, Angular, and Bootstrap.
• Experience with backend technologies such as Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, SOA, and microservices.
• Experience with source code management systems such as SVN/Git and GitHub, and build tools such as Maven and Gradle.
• Experience in Agile environments such as Scrum or XP.
• Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server and MySQL.
• Experience with Atlassian tools such as JIRA and Confluence, and GitHub.
• Experience developing with modern JDK (v1.7+).
• Experience with automated testing tools such as JUnit, Selenium, LoadRunner, and SoapUI.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including product, business, and sales partners.
• Collaborate with architects, SRE leads, and technical leadership on strategic technical direction, guidelines, and best practices.
• Manage cross-functional teams that include software, quality, reliability engineers, project managers, and scrum masters; mentor, coach, and develop engineers.
• Ensure compliance with Equifax secure software development guidelines and maintain QE, DevSec, and FinOps KPIs.
• Define, maintain, and report SLA, SLO, and SLI measures in partnership with product, engineering, and architecture teams.
• Drive technical documentation, including support and end-user documentation and runbooks.
• Lead sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, and other team activities.
• Make architecture decisions for product features and stories, refactoring work, and EOSL decisions.
• Create and deliver technical presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders, communicating complex information clearly and concisely.
• Perform R&D and prototyping or proofs of concept for cloud-native solutions.
• Design and develop cloud-native solutions and big data processing solutions using technologies such as Dataflow/Apache Beam, Bigtable, BigQuery, PubSub, GCS, and Composer/Airflow.
• Design and develop microservices using Java, Spring Boot, GCP SDKs, and GKE/Kubernetes.
• Deploy and release software using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and work with infrastructure-as-code concepts, Helm charts, and Terraform constructs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and healthcare packages
• 401k matching
• Paid time off
• Organizational growth potential through an online learning platform with guided career tracks

What This Job Offers

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