Lead Backend Java Developer

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be in the office 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office location.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Skills and Responsibilities:

• Overall 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering discipline
• Extensive (7+ years of hands-on) experience working with Java 8+. REST, SOAP, Micro Services and Service Oriented and Even Driven Architectures
• Extensive (7+ years of hands-on) Experience working with Spring, Spring Boot, Solution Architecture, Design Patterns, Integration Frameworks, SQL, NOSQL
• Experience with near/distributed caches and strategies e.g. Redis, Apache Ignite
• Experience taking rotations for production support and addressing issues on time
• Experience mentoring junior developers and offshore team including reviewing quality of deliverables (design, code and timelines)
• Experience optimizing API performance – API resiliency, caching frameworks and streaming/messaging platforms Kafka and MQ
• Deep understanding of software engineering practices, object-oriented analysis & design, design patterns, Coding modularity, Prototypes and algorithms.
• Excellent communication skills, analytical ability, strong judgment skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk
• Experience with CI/CD using Jenkins
• Experience with AWS is a is a plus
• Experience with AL, ML, NLP is a plus
• Financial services experience highly preferred.