Senior Application Engineering Technical Lead
About The Position
Join our dynamic full-stack team as we lead modernization initiatives that transform the experience for Plan Sponsors. We're building greenfield applications using cutting-edge technologies, automation, and cloud-native practices. Our mission: deliver exceptional business value and transparency to stakeholders while driving innovation at scale. As a Senior Application Engineering Tech Lead, you'll be the go-to expert for guiding technology strategy, evaluating and integrating tools, and ensuring robust, resilient applications. Your leadership will shape our approach to reliability, observability, and seamless integration across the stack. This Hybrid role (in office Tues-Wed-Thurs) can be based in either Charlotte, NC, or Malvern, PA (HQ)
Requirements
- Strong experience in Angular (v8+), Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs
- Proficiency in AWS services and cloud-native operations
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform)
- Expertise in monitoring/logging tools: Splunk, CloudWatch, Datadog
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, ECS)
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Minimum 5-8+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in development
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent; Master's preferred
Responsibilities
- Application Monitoring & Incident Management: Implement and optimize observability practices using Splunk, CloudWatch, Honeycomb, and Datadog
- Proactively monitor performance and triage production issues across UI (Angular), backend (Spring Boot), and AWS cloud infrastructure
- Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement: Perform deep-dive failure analysis using logs and dashboards. Collaborate with developers to deliver hotfixes and long-term stability solutions
- Deployment & Release Engineering: Support CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Terraform. Validate releases in staging and production, ensuring rollback strategies are in place
- Cloud Infrastructure Operations: Manage and optimize AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM). Drive cost-efficiency initiatives like right-sizing and serverless adoption
- Security & Compliance: Enforce security best practices and compliance standards. Support audits and implement controls for sensitive data
- Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Maintain runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides. Lead knowledge transfer sessions and foster team learning
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
