Lead Software Engineer — Cloud & Microservices

Talentify; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

401k Match

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Career Development

Job summary

Transamerica is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, implement, and lead development efforts using web and cloud technologies in a hybrid Philadelphia-based role. You will mentor teams, drive architecture decisions, and collaborate with onshore and offshore developers to deliver scalable business solutions.

The role requires strong Core Java, AWS, and microservices experience, with a focus on reliable delivery and architectural excellence in a fast-paced environment.

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 Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture)
• Three years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model)
• Four year of development experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS) utilizing various support tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs)
• Experience with build and deployment tools - (Visual Studio, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, SQL Management Studio, Nunit, Ajax)
• Experience in AI SDLC and AWS AI services
• Three years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices)
• Experience with Microservices and REST based API development (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Entity Framework, Swagger, Odata, AutoMapper)
• Experience leveraging continuous integration/development tools (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Containers, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and container automation) in a Ci/CD pipeline
• Familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (Angular, React, Vue.js, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS)
• Advanced understanding of software development and research tools
• Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Technical communication skills
• Problem-solving and technical communication skills
• Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment.
• Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies.
• Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead large team design sessions for system level architecture solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies; mentor other team members in design/coding standards.
• Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
• Lead analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions.
• Participate on committees or projects to help define organization-wide standards, processes, and guidelines.
• Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to rapidly develop basic application solutions.
• Lead web development staff, including contract and off-shore developers; may have supervisory responsibility over employees.
• Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.
• Prepare presentations and lead development meetings.

Skills

Core Java

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Cloud AWS

Frontend basics

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Git/Bitbucket

Maven

OpenShift

Job description

Transamerica is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, implement, and lead development efforts using web and cloud technologies in a hybrid Philadelphia-based role. You will mentor teams, drive architecture decisions, and collaborate with onshore and offshore developers to deliver scalable business solutions.

The role requires strong Core Java, AWS, and microservices experience, with a focus on reliable delivery and architectural excellence in a fast-paced environment.