Technical Lead (Platform)

NationsBenefits•Plantation, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

NationsBenefits is a rapidly growing company in the Healthcare Fintech sector, providing supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions. They partner with managed care organizations to offer innovative healthcare solutions that enhance growth, improve outcomes, reduce costs, and add value for members. Their offerings address social determinants of health and aim to improve member health and satisfaction. The company boasts a compliance-focused infrastructure, proprietary technology, and a premier service delivery model, enabling health plans to deliver high-quality, value-based care. NationsBenefits fosters a fulfilling work environment that attracts top talent and encourages contributions to premier service. Their goal is to transform the healthcare industry, offering career advancement opportunities across US, South America, and India locations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
8-12 years in Java development.
5+ years of experience mentoring or coaching individual contributors.
Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate).
Microservices architecture.
RESTful APIs.
SQL/NoSQL databases.
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
CI/CD pipelines.
Version control (Git, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker).
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies.
Team leadership.
Cross-functional collaboration.
Proven ability to design and deploy secure applications in a regulated environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Payment Tokenization and MDES.
Hands-on knowledge of the Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), including its APIs and integration patterns, token lifecycle for digital wallets.
Expertise in secure credential provisioning and token management.
Adept at building and maintaining services that provision payment tokens to digital wallets and other devices.
Implementing robust security protocols, managing key and certificate lifecycles, and ensuring compliance with industry standards like EMVCo and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Architect and implement solutions using the Azure cloud platform to interact with the payments ecosystem.
Proficient in using Azure services like Azure Functions, Azure Key Vault, and Azure App Service to build secure, scalable, and resilient payment processing applications that integrate seamlessly with external services like MDES.
Strong grasp of cloud security principles and best practices for handling sensitive data.
Hands-on experience with Jenkins, Kubernetes, and cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with front-end frameworks like React or Angular.
Knowledge of Kafka, Hadoop, and distributed data processing tools.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture.
Recruit, onboard, and train top engineering talent, ensuring team members adhere to best development practices.
Conduct regular performance reviews, one-on-ones, and knowledge-sharing sessions to drive continuous team improvement.
Encourage an Agile and DevOps culture, promoting ownership, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
Define and execute the technical strategy and architecture for a scalable, secure, and high-performance FinTech application.
Ensure that the software development lifecycle (SDLC) adheres to industry best practices, coding standards, and compliance guidelines.
Guide engineers in software design, code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization.
Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends, integrating innovative solutions where applicable.
Lead the design, development, and deployment of Java-based microservices using Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs.
Ensure the delivery of fault-tolerant, scalable, and low-latency systems that can handle high transaction volumes.
Collaborate with business teams to translate functional requirements into robust technical solutions.
Optimize application performance, reliability, and security through proactive monitoring and fine-tuning.
Architect, build, and maintain microservices-based systems on cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Ensure efficient containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
Leverage cloud-based tools for monitoring, logging, and scaling production workloads.
Work closely with Product Managers, Program Managers, and Business Leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
Ensure seamless collaboration between engineering, product, and non-technical teams.
Translate complex technical challenges into actionable business solutions.
Establish a culture of continuous learning and process enhancement within the engineering team.
Promote automation, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
Encourage the adoption of new frameworks, tools, and best practices to improve team efficiency and product quality.
Ensure that applications comply with financial regulations, data security, and privacy standards (GDPR, PCI DSS, etc.).
Proactively manage technical risks, vulnerabilities, and security incidents.
Implement robust authentication, authorization, and encryption mechanisms for secure data transactions.
Design and manage SQL/NoSQL databases, ensuring optimal performance for large-scale data processing.
Optimize database queries for fast, efficient, and reliable financial transactions.
Integrate real-time data processing solutions, such as Kafka or Hadoop, to handle high-throughput workloads.