Lead Engineer Software

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

Overview:

As a recognized technical expert, lead a development team in design, development, deployment and support of solutions in response to business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, deploy, coordinate and troubleshoot custom software solutions and integration points between Empower systems in response to business needs.
• Provides expert opinion and other inputs in aid of decision-making surrounding optimal methodologies and solutions.
• Based on decisions made, design, deploy, own and operate development methodologies and solutions in support of business needs
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Respond-to and resolve complex and/or escalated issues.
• Provide deep, advanced technical support and guidance directly to end users.
• Assist management with the oversight of the team being led.
• Leads development of projects of moderate scope.
• Trains, mentors, coordinates and directs the work of less experienced staff.
• Develop and maintain web applications developed using Java/J2EE,React, Angular/ReactJS Spring/Struts/JSP, Web services (RESTful) using JSON and XML formats and produce reusable superior technical components.
• Strong hands-on, documentation and utilization of best coding practices.
• Preference for working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while juggling multiple projects
• Anticipate problems or issues that may arise, forecast high risk areas in software and drive resolution
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor of Computer Science or similar technical degree or equivalent experience
• 7 + years of expertise in Java, SQL, Open Source Frameworks Doveops (Docker, Kubernetes), and AWS Cloud..
• Reasonably large, project based architectural responsibilities experience.
• Technical and/or Agile certifications.
• Significant Software Architecture Skills and Experience.
• Test driven development using testing frameworks (Junit, SoapUI).
• Highly collaborative technical leader.
• Capable innovator.
• Seen as a trusted technical leader, leadership must be able to rely- upon Lead role providing oversight and guidance to team.

OTHER PREFERRED (Good to have) QUALIFICATIONS:

• Continuous integration and build process and deployment experience and SONAR for code quality analysis are desired.
• Experience with Git, Maven, Jira and/or Hudson/Jenkins are a plus.
• Experience with a relational databases and PL/SQL

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.