Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Java Developer

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Position Summary:

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and direction for multiple agile teams or projects to implement prioritized software product roadmaps. This role includes designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems, along with mentoring junior engineers.

An in-person interview may be required during the hiring process

State specific pay scales for this role are as follows:

$101,167 to $204,439 (NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)

$123,770 to $171,903 (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)

$110,018 to $152,803 (UT, , MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)

In CA:
Typical hiring range is $137,522 to $191,003

The expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.

Essential Job Functions:

• Write high-quality code for complex scenarios with good test coverage.
• Review and translate product requirements into robust designs to ensure high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, and are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.
• Lead design and code reviews of multiple applications to ensure best practices, adherence to Mercury standards, and high quality.
• Lead multiple sprint teams within the same product area to deliver new or improved features, addressing any impediments in delivering high-quality solutions for items in the product backlog.
• Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders as necessary to ensure overall successful delivery of the intended functionality.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across multiple teams within the same functional area, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence within Mercury engineering.
• Collaborate with product managers to estimate effort, prioritize work, plan, and deliver prioritized roadmap items.

Education:

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related fields Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred:
  Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

Experience:

Minimum:

• 7+ years software engineering experience with proven experience in cutting‑edge Technologies and/or those used at Mercury.
• 3+ years hands-on experience leading multi-team engineering initiatives for building features in a distributed application systems environment.

Preferred:

• Experience building distributed services using Java,Python, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with Apache Airflow and message‑queuing technologies to orchestrate workflows and build event-driven systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, containerization (such as Docker), and deploying or supporting services in containerized environments.
• Solid foundation in data structures and API design/integration, with experience using integration frameworks to connect services and systems.
• Experience working with metadata stores and schema registries to manage data definitions, compatibility, and discovery across services.
• Experience driving automation through AI.

Skills:

Minimum:

• Proficient in programming in one or more industry-standard languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript).
• Proficient in leveraging various data structures, algorithms, and design patterns. Experienced in relational databases, No
  
  SQL, and caching solutions.
• Skilled in APIs using modern protocols like REST and gRPC.
• Experienced…