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Team Overview
The Fraud Solutions Engineering team is responsible for building and enhancing TransUnion's fraud detection and prevention platforms that help customers make trusted decisions, reduce risk, and combat evolving fraud threats. The team develops scalable, secure, and high-performing applications that support critical business operations and customer-facing solutions across TransUnion's ecosystem.This role is part of the Software Development organization and collaborates closely with Product Managers, Architects, QA Engineers, DevOps teams, and other engineering partners to deliver innovative fraud detection capabilities and technology solutions. 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 Senior Software Developer (Java), you will design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications and scenario workflows that support TransUnion's fraud detection platforms. This role exists to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure software solutions that enable efficient fraud identification, operational excellence, and continuous product enhancement.
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based applications, business scenarios, and workflow components that support fraud detection and prevention solutions.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Develop clean, maintainable, and well-documented code using Java, Spring Framework, and modern software engineering best practices.
- Build and enhance RESTful APIs, microservices, and integration services to support platform scalability, reliability, and interoperability.
- Conduct code reviews, implement automated unit tests, and contribute to quality assurance activities to ensure high-quality software delivery.
- Monitor and optimize application performance, troubleshoot production issues, and implement sustainable solutions that enhance system stability.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and software development standards while supporting vulnerability remediation efforts.
- Participate actively in Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work closely with DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines, release deployments, and operational readiness activities.
- Contribute to technical documentation, knowledge sharing, and best-practice adoption across the development team.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
5-8 years of software development experience, including designing, developing, testing, and supporting enterprise-scale Java applications. This experience is essential for independently delivering complex technical solutions and supporting production environments.
Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), software design patterns, and application architecture principles, enabling the development of scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions.
Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and cross-functional development teams. This knowledge is critical for effective collaboration, iterative delivery, and continuous improvement.
Proven experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed applications, supporting integration requirements, performance optimization, and platform scalability.
Experience working with relational databases, data modeling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting, ensuring efficient data management and application performance.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle practices, source control, testing methodologies, and deployment processes to support reliable software delivery.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline preferred. Equivalent professional experience, technical certifications, and demonstrated expertise in enterprise application development 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
Sr Developer, Software Development
Skills Required
- Core Java expertise and strong OOP understanding
- Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC)
- RESTful APIs, JSON, XML
- JPA/Hibernate and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle)
- Microservices architecture experience
- Familiarity with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Version control (Git) and CI/CD pipeline experience
- Design patterns, multithreading, and performance tuning
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, communication, and collaboration skills
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito) and testing experience
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
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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