Lead Software Engineer - SWE - Backend; Java or Python

Job responsibilities

• Provide direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level engineers working on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Executes solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Work in an Agile development environment with team members, including Product Owners
• Develop secure, high-quality production code, review and debug code written by others, and drive decisions influencing product design, application functionality, and technical operations
• Ensure quality and completeness of the product through unit, component, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Serve as a subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus and actively contribute to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the end-to-end development life cycle
• Influence peers and project decision makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in Java, REST services, Spring and Spring Boot
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with AWS especially Terraform, EKS, ECS, and Lambda
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with databases (MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, Cassandra)
• Collaborate with various stakeholders and independently tackle design and functionality challenges with minimal oversight
• 5+ years of demonstrated coaching and mentoring experience
• Hands‑on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operation stability
• Understand next generation messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka
• Above average database fundamentals – can write complex queries, understand how to organize data, and troubleshoot performance issues
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with strong customer focus
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong Python experience, especially in the context of developing Agentic and Data solutions for large financial platforms.
• Experience with Agentic technologies (esp. Lang Chain), including design and implementation of production‑grade solutions.
• Experience using Snowflake, Databricks or a similar PaaS offering.
• Familiarity with Graph databases.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.

We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans