Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform & AI Features

Verint Systems, Inc.; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Verint Systems Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own cloud-based platform development, lead feature design, and mentor engineers.

You will work with a global team to deliver robust software using CI/CD, ensure architecture alignment, and drive quality through tests and performance optimization. The role demands deep Java expertise (Spring), REST, microservices, SQL/NoSQL, and experience with Docker/Kubernetes, Git/SVN, and CI tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science / software engineering (or similar)
• 5 years' experience in design and programming large scale applications through all phases of the software development life cycle including testing, implementation and auditing
• Proven track record of delivery of complex features end-to-end
• 2 years experience mentoring mid to entry level engineers and influencing technical direction within a cross-functional squad
• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, JPA/Hibernate)
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, OAuth 2.0/JWT, and microservices patterns
• Strong working knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle) including schema design and query optimization. Solid exposure to NoSQL stores (Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB)
• 3 years experience consuming LLM APIs, prompt engineering, or integrating AI-powered features into production workflows
• Strong debugging skills of performance/memory leaks/crash/Multi-threaded/Algorithms
• 3 years experience with source control tools (GIT, SVN or similar)
• 3 years experience with containerized runtime environments: Docker, Kubernetes
• 3 years experience with compiling and continuous integration tools like : Eclipse/IntelliJ, Visual Studio, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory or other continuous integration/build/static code analysis tools
• Excellent teamwork, self-learner and self-managed
• Strong interpersonal skills, high communication skills
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication in English; comfortable presenting technical plans to engineering and product stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Ongoing evaluation (test) of feature design – proactively work with others to identify issues or potential risk areas with the architecture and performance
• Distill requirements from feature level into implementation level tasks
• Develop features using best practices and ensure it fits with the architecture for the product
• Ensure the right work is being done - ensure product qualities such as unit tests, automation, throughput, capacities, security & performance will be sufficient
• Ensure design and implementation work meets the stakeholder’s requirements
• Ensure that the feature design is correct for operations, as well as deployment and sustainability
• Support departmental and team initiatives
• Work with Team Technical Architect and Lead to define, document, and communicate coherent feature design
• Communicate relevant risks and issues to Team Lead and other relevant team members inside and/or outside the team
• Provide technical leadership to less experienced members of the team – mentor, coach, continuous improvement
• Take responsibility for technical implementation and decision making including the delivery of features
• Identify, monitor and resolve feature related issues; escalate if individual resolution is not possible
• Review documentation and guides created by more junior members of the team
• Guide Software Engineers on how to create sufficient, complete documentation and guides that help onboard new people to the team
• Ensure stakeholders understand feature architecture
• Maintain communication with stakeholders and ensure changes to any previously agreed solutions are communicated; understand evolutionary paths
• Work with assigned partners to ensure an effective and productive relationship, both within the product house and the wider regional Verint support organization.
• Prioritize and resolve technical problems and assist others with the same
• Ensure the prioritization of scope (including defects) is understood
• Understand the development process and suggest improvements to it
• Identify areas of technical risk in a feature and options to de-risk
• Support opportunities to address technical debt as part of a release
• Support the design process and ensure it complies with product architecture
• Support planning as regards estimates, dependencies, risk areas, and sequencing tasks

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

JPA/Hibernate

REST API design

OAuth 2.0/JWT

Microservices

PostgreSQL

MS SQL

Oracle

NoSQL (Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB)

LLM APIs

Prompt engineering

Git

SVN

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Eclipse/IntelliJ

Visual Studio

Maven

Jenkins

Artifactory

Documentation/Guides

Team collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / software engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

SVN

Eclipse/IntelliJ

Visual Studio

Maven

Jenkins

Artifactory

Job description

Verint Systems Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own cloud-based platform development, lead feature design, and mentor engineers.

You will work with a global team to deliver robust software using CI/CD, ensure architecture alignment, and drive quality through tests and performance optimization. The role demands deep Java expertise (Spring), REST, microservices, SQL/NoSQL, and experience with Docker/Kubernetes, Git/SVN, and CI tools.