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Team Overview
The Engineering Delivery Team is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performing technology solutions that support TransUnion's strategic business initiatives. The team drives end-to-end product delivery through close collaboration with Product, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and Operations partners, while fostering engineering excellence, innovation, and operational stability.This role operates within the Global Technology organization and works closely with Engineering Managers, Architects, Product Owners, QA Leads, and cross-functional delivery teams to successfully execute complex technology programs. This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
Role Overview And Core Responsibilities
As a Lead Developer, you will provide technical leadership and hands-on engineering expertise across complex initiatives, ensuring the delivery of scalable, resilient, and secure software solutions. You will own technical design, development, solution quality, and delivery outcomes while mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices across the team.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of backend and full-stack applications using modern frameworks, cloud-native technologies, and microservices architecture.
- Translate business and technical requirements into scalable solution designs, architecture diagrams, and implementation plans that align with enterprise standards.
- Provide hands-on development leadership through coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and technical guidance throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Drive feature ownership from estimation through deployment, ensuring timely delivery, proactive risk mitigation, and minimal dependency on project oversight.
- Establish and uphold engineering best practices related to security, code quality, vulnerability management, automated testing, and maintainability.
- Oversee branch management, code integration, release readiness, and merge activities to ensure seamless delivery across multiple initiatives and development streams.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Architects, QA teams, and DevOps engineers to refine requirements, manage dependencies, and ensure successful product delivery.
- Support quality assurance efforts by validating functionality, improving test coverage, and ensuring production readiness when required.
- Lead production issue resolution, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive measures that improve platform reliability and reduce technical debt.
- Mentor and develop engineering talent through coaching, knowledge sharing, technical reviews, and cross-functional skill development initiatives.
- Drive adoption of automation, AI-assisted development practices, and modern engineering tools to improve team productivity and software quality.
- Ensure comprehensive technical documentation and knowledge transfer to support operational continuity and team scalability.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
- 8-12+ years of professional software development experience, including leading technical delivery of enterprise-scale applications and complex software initiatives in Agile environments.
- Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum/Kanban), system architecture, and distributed systems design, enabling successful delivery of scalable business solutions.
- Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end feature delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing technical dependencies, and driving engineering execution.
- Experience implementing secure software development practices, performance optimization techniques, and operational support processes for business-critical applications.
- Proven ability to mentor engineering teams, provide technical leadership, facilitate architecture discussions, and influence engineering best practices across teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent industry experience with demonstrated technical leadership will also be considered.
TransUnion Overview:
At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.
Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
TransUnion Job Title
Lead Developer, Software Development
Skills Required
- 8-12+ years hands-on development experience (Java/Spring Boot, full-stack, or relevant tech stack)
- Strong knowledge of microservices and REST APIs
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Experience with Angular or React for full-stack roles
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and distributed system concepts
- Excellent understanding of branching strategies and Git workflows
- Ability to work independently, own solutions end-to-end, and demonstrate strong accountability
- Experience coordinating with QA, conducting code reviews, and leading feature delivery
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
- Exposure to performance testing and security testing practices
- Familiarity with Playwright, Cucumber, or other automation frameworks
- Experience in front-end development technologies (nice-to-have)
What the Team is Saying
TransUnion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive with day-one medical, dental and vision coverage, plus HSA/FSA options and expanded mental-health support via Spring Health. Feedback suggests coverage depth and immediate eligibility are notable strengths.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid parental leave with a gradual return, adoption and caregiver assistance, and backup care through a Care@Work membership. External recognition highlights inclusive offerings such as fertility support and bereavement provisions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs feature flexible time off, paid holidays, two global wellness days, and paid volunteer time. Feedback suggests these leave elements contribute meaningfully to work-life balance.
TransUnion Insights
What We Do
TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace. We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person. This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world. Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve. We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.
Why Work With Us
Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.
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