Lead Software Engineer
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-10-23
Listing for:
Virtusa
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-23
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, DevOps, Java Developer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Hybrid The Software Engineer Senior Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams todesign, develop, test, and deliver secure, high-quality software solutions. This role applies agile and extreme programming (XP) practices such as test-driven development, paired programming, and continuous integration to create scalable and maintainable systems. The position requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving ability, and a collaborative mindset to support business needs while mentoring junior team members.
• Participate in iteration planning meetings to ensure a shared understanding of user stories and team backlog items
• Engage in daily standups (site, cross-site, and product teams) and practice paired programming and test-driven development as part of daily work
• Contribute to retrospectives by identifying opportunities for process or productimprovement
• Collaborate in designing systems and applications that meet technical and business requirements
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices
• Provide production support for software products in user environments
• Serve as a subject matter expert within a specific business domain, demonstratingleadership and accountability across teams and forums (including ECC and SWAT calls)
• Participate in knowledge sharing and contribute to the overall technical growth of theteam
• Coach and mentor junior engineers on software development best practices and XPmethodologies
• 3–5 years of software development experience - Spring Boot or similar frameworks and REST APIs and working with databases (relational, No
SQL,caching)
• 3+ years of experience hands-on experience developing software using Java andJ2EE
• 1+ year applying Test Driven Development (TDD) and Extreme Programming (XP) practices within an Agile environment
• Strong understanding of computer science concepts and object-oriented design principles
• Familiarity with continuous integration and Dev Ops tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, Git Hub,Jenkins, Sonar Qube, Gradle, or Maven and AWS, Azure, or other modern cloud environments and Kafka or similar technologies and Sonar, Fortify, or Contrast, Postman, Bruno; ELM tools like Data Dog, ADX or similar
Job Summary Job number: P-102526
Profession:
Other
Experience:
5-7
Years
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