Lead Software Engineer: Cloud & Microservices

Transamerica; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Bonus Eligible

Benefits Package

Pension Plan 401k Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Transamerica is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to architect and deliver cloud-based application solutions using Java, Spring, microservices, and REST APIs. You will lead design sessions, mentor engineers, and coordinate with offshore teams in an agile setting.

The role requires deep experience with AWS, DevOps tooling, and modern frontend frameworks, with a hybrid in-office schedule across hub locations in the US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience.
• Five years of Core Java expertise in coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE, SOA, DI, Core Architecture).
• Three years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies (RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model).
• Understanding of NoSQL database technologies (MS Cosmos DB, Cassandra, DynamoDB).
• Four years of development experience with cloud services (AWS) and related tools (EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Cosmos, Data Factory, Data Warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs).
• Experience with build/deploy tools (Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SSMS, Nunit, Ajax).
• Experience in API Gateways, Swagger, Kafka, microservices, and CI/CD with containers (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Frontend familiarity (Angular, React, Vue.js) and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development for one or more application teams; mentor engineers and drive end-to-end solutions.
• Collaborate with offshore engineers and product owners in an agile environment and lead architecture sessions.
• Evaluate solutions balancing cost, business needs, and system impact; guide CI/CD and deployment strategies.
• Lead web development staff, including offshore resources, and stay current with new technologies.

Skills

Core Java

Java Spring

API development

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

SQL

NoSQL

Angular

React

Software architecture

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Equivalent education/experience

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Nexus

Job description

Transamerica is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to architect and deliver cloud-based application solutions using Java, Spring, microservices, and REST APIs. You will lead design sessions, mentor engineers, and coordinate with offshore teams in an agile setting.

The role requires deep experience with AWS, DevOps tooling, and modern frontend frameworks, with a hybrid in-office schedule across hub locations in the US.