Lead Software Engineer

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

We’re a multi-language house, using a mix of Scala for big data, Python for native serverless and c#.net for apis and everything else, building modern, cloud-native applications using the latest in .NET 8+. All new services are developed with a forward-looking mindset, and we actively evaluate emerging features and tools to continuously improve our engineering practices. 

Our online architecture is built on Kubernetes (EKS), enabling us to run scalable, resilient microservices in the cloud. On top of this, we leverage a wide range of AWS services (Lambda, Kinesis, Dynamo and RDS to name just a few), to enhance performance, observability, and integration across our platform. 

We place a strong emphasis on quality and automation, employing a variety of testing strategies including unit, integration, and behaviour-driven testing. Our CI/CD pipelines, powered by modern DevOps tooling, ensure smooth and reliable delivery through all stages of our environments. 

You will be part of a high-performance engineering team as a Lead Engineer that delivers the product backlog of Ascend Cloud Foundation Platform. You will work closely with other Software Engineers to both maintain existing systems and build our cloud-native microservices and web applications using the latest technologies and architectural patterns 

Key Responsibilities:   

• Working as a lead engineer in an agile team to deliver high-quality software solutions within agreed timelines, ensuring alignment with business requirements and agile principles. 

• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and agile principles. 

• Take ownership of the overall technical architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and maintainability of the software systems. 

• Champion the adoption of best practices in software development, including clean code, maintainability, efficient coding standards, and DevSecOps practices. 

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional team members, including product owners, designers, QA, and other stakeholders, to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with business objectives. 

• Lead technical discussions and decision-making processes, ensuring alignment with architectural standards, long-term technical strategy, and business goals. 

• Manage technical risks and issues, proactively identifying potential challenges and developing mitigation strategies. 

• Provide clear and concise documentation for code, processes, and system architecture to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintainability for yourself and the team.  

• Translating business requirements to clean, scalable code ensuring minimal defects for yourself and the team. 

• Mentor and guide senior & junior developers, providing technical expertise, code reviews. 

• Lead by example, demonstrating a strong work ethic, commitment to quality, and a passion for technology and innovation. 

Qualification and Personal Skills: 

• Qualified with a degree in B.Sc. in Computer Science, MCA in Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology in Engineering, or higher.  

• Minimum 10 years of experience working in software development with at least X years of experience leading a team currently.  

• Proven experience leading and collaborating within cross-functional teams throughout the full software development lifecycle, leveraging Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently.  

• Strong leadership capabilities with a focus on setting clear direction, aligning team efforts with organizational goals, and maintaining high levels of motivation and engagement across the team.  

• Skilled in working with geographically distributed teams, fostering inclusive collaboration across diverse cultures and backgrounds to enhance productivity and innovation.  

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas, solutions, and feedback clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Adept at managing conflict constructively and facilitating consensus.  

• Proven track record of building secure, mission-critical, high-volume transaction web-based software systems, preferably in regulated environments (finance and insurance industries).   

• Passionate in solving technical business problems, designing solutions and developing.   

• Proficient in translating business requirement to clean, scalable code defined as the acceptance criteria with the applicable design patterns and security best practices  

• Strong individual contributor and team player, capable of collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams.  

Required Technical Skills/Knowledge: 

• Hands-on experience with .NET 6+ or .NET Core or .NET Framework building scalable, maintainable and performant REST/SOAP/RPC APIs with microservice or SOA architectures using ASP.NET with proficiency in C#.  

OR 

• Hands on experience with Scala and Python and big data frameworks (e.g. spark), Batch Processing. 

• Experience with any of streaming, messaging, event bus technologies while build event driven architecture either Kafka, Event Bridge, Kinesis, Rabbit MQ, Active MQ or any other message bus. 

• Proficient in writing high-quality unit and integration tests using xUnit or nUnit, with hands-on experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD). Skilled in using mocking frameworks to ensure test reliability and alignment with acceptance criteria.  

• Skilled in creating and reviewing high-level and low-level design documents. Strong understanding of architectural principles, clean architecture, SOLID principles, OOP, design patterns, and concurrency concepts. Collaborates effectively with architects and business stakeholders to ensure optimal design outcomes.   

• Committed to writing clean, scalable, and secure code. Experienced in conducting code reviews and applying design patterns and security best practices. Familiar with static code analysis tools and vulnerability management   

• Proficient in working with either SQL or NoSQL databases. Hands-on experience with Entity Framework and data modelling for performance and scalability.  

• Working experience of any source control, preferably git (e.g. Bitbucket, GitHub, Gitlab)  

• Strong knowledge and experience of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices  

• Passionate about mentoring and upskilling junior developers. Encourages knowledge sharing and fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement.  

• Identifying, creating, maintaining or re-using existing / new frameworks as much as possible.     

• Experience on static code quality analysis tools, vulnerability management.  

Useful & Desirable skills: 

• Working knowledge or certifications relevant to public cloud, preferably AWS. 

• Working knowledge of AWS Batch, AWS Glue, AWS EMR, AWS S3 is a big plus.  

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation or Cloud Development Kit. 

• Working knowledge in setting up CI CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI. 

• Working and expertise in using GEN AI tools for software development & testing. 

• Experience working with Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architecture.  

• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized application development, deployment, and orchestration. 

Everyone has different experience, and so please don’t rule yourself out if you cannot ‘tick’ all the qualities mentioned above. Talk to us about the experience that you do have. 

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2024 (Fortune Global Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site and Glassdoor to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

Benefits

Experian care for employee's work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavor, we offer best-in-class family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.

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