Sr Software Staff Engineer

Korn Ferry Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry is seeking a Sr Staff Engineer for a contract role in a hybrid environment across Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; Wilmington, DE; or Irving, TX. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of software engineering experience, strong Java expertise, and hands-on leadership of distributed systems.

Responsibilities include leading platform retirements, migrating workloads to modern stacks such as Spring Boot/Open Liberty, and applying Agile and cloud best practices to deliver reliable production

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership of teams responsible for production systems.
• Experience leading platform retirement or major migration end-to-end without business disruption.
• Deep Java expertise with exposure to Java EE app servers and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams owning production systems and ensure high availability.
• Oversee end-to-end platform retirement or major migration projects.
• Manage and maintain distributed systems across environments.
• Learn new technologies quickly and apply best practices and patterns.
• Utilize Agile, iterative delivery and cloud computing approaches.

Skills

Tech Lead Experience

JAVA

Typescript

OpenShift

AWS

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

We prefer candidates that can eventually work hybrid in Baltimore MD, Evansville IN, Charlotte NC, Wilmington DE, or Irving TX.

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Sr Staff Engineer for a contract role in a hybrid environment in Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; Wilmington, DE; or Irving, TX.

Responsibilities

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including several years as the technical lead for teams owning production systems the business depends on, with a track record of keeping them available through change.
• Direct experience leading at least one platform retirement or major migration program end to end-scoping, sequencing, cutover, and decommissioning-without disrupting the business.
• Experience managing and maintaining distributed systems.
• Conversant in many technologies and languages, and able to learn new technologies quickly.
• Proactively applies industry-leading technology trends, best practices, design principles and patterns, and methods including Agile software development, iterative delivery, and cloud computing.
• Experience and proficiency with cloud platforms and patterns, preferably AWS.
• Uses critical thinking to reach conclusions and analytical thinking for problem solving in support of achieving desired outcomes.
• Applies enthusiasm for continuous learning to improve results and shares it with others.
• Deep Java expertise, including hands-on experience with IBM WebSphere Application Server (or another Java EE application server) and with migrating those workloads to Spring Boot, Open Liberty,

Skills Required

• Tech Lead Experience
• JAVA
• Typescript
• OpenShift, AWS

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• 8+ years

Title: Sr Staff Engineer

Location Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; Wilmington, DE; or Irving, TX

Client Industry Consumer Lending

Compensation $80-99/hr

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com