Lead Full-Stack Engineer - Wealth Management

Socket.dev; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Saint Petersburg, FL is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive the design and development of enterprise wealth-management applications. This hands‑on leadership role requires deep Java/Spring Boot expertise and strong Angular experience.

You will mentor engineers, own complex initiatives through design and production, and champion CI/CD, testing, security, and observability while driving AI adoption to boost productivity and delivery velocity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP services, and microservices.
• 5+ years of Angular/full stack development with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, object-oriented design, design patterns, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Experience with SQL, relational databases, and enterprise application integrations.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, source control, and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated ability to independently design and deliver complex enterprise solutions.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of full stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and Angular.
• Own complex technical initiatives from solution design through implementation and production support.
• Contribute to application architecture and technology decisions with a focus on scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, business, and engineering teams to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, conduct code and design reviews, and mentor engineers.
• Champion engineering best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, secure coding, code quality, and observability.
• Drive AI adoption across design, development, and engineering automation, establishing practical standards and use cases that improve developer productivity, delivery velocity, and software quality.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and participate in production support as needed.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to modernize applications and improve engineering efficiency.

Skills

Java

Spring & Spring Boot

Angular

Microservices

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JasperReports

MQ/Kafka

NoSQL databases

Distributed caching

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Socket.dev in Saint Petersburg, FL is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive the design and development of enterprise wealth-management applications. This hands‑on leadership role requires deep Java/Spring Boot expertise and strong Angular experience.

You will mentor engineers, own complex initiatives through design and production, and champion CI/CD, testing, security, and observability while driving AI adoption to boost productivity and delivery velocity.