Software Engineer Lead; Java - Local to Dallas, TX

Job order - J - Permanent Full Time

Title Software Engineer Lead (Java) - Local to Dallas, TX

Category Software Development/ Engineering

City Dallas, Texas, United States

This position is located in our client office five days a week in Dallas, TX. Lead high-impact software engineering initiatives for a leading U.S. bank, driving modern Java, Spring Boot, Dev Ops, and Open Shift solutions across mission‑critical enterprise platforms.

• Lead the technical design, development, testing, deployment, and support of enterprise software solutions.
• Design and develop scalable Java and Spring Boot applications that support complex banking and payments capabilities.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand customer needs and translate them into effective software solutions.
• Propose technical approaches and design improvements to address complex business, application, and operational needs.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and support to developers, engineers, and cross‑functional project teams.
• Review application code, testing results, implementation plans, and technical documentation to ensure quality and alignment with standards.
• Facilitate complex problem resolution across applications, infrastructure, integrations, and production environments.
• Support release management activities, including planning, deployment coordination, troubleshooting, and post‑implementation validation.
• Develop and maintain technical and procedural documentation required for application development, operations, and support.
• Support CI/CD automation, containerized deployments, and enterprise Dev Ops practices using tools such as Jenkins, Git, Ansible, Artifactory, and Open Shift.
• Collaborate with platform, database, middleware, and operations teams to support technologies such as Web Sphere, IBM MQ, Oracle, Kafka, Mongo
  
  DB, Linux, and Open Shift.
• Apply modern software engineering principles, methodologies, and tools to advance business initiatives and improve application capabilities.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, application development, or related technology delivery roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience designing, developing, and supporting Java and Spring Boot applications.
• Experience leading technical design and development efforts for complex enterprise software solutions.
• Solid understanding of application development, software design, release management, problem solving, and production support practices.
• Experience with Web Sphere fundamentals, configuration, troubleshooting, and application support.
• Working knowledge of Linux, including navigating the file system, running common shell commands, and reviewing application or system logs.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices, preferably including Jenkins, Git or other source code control tools, Ansible, Artifactory, and container image workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with Ansible playbooks and roles, including YAML, inventories, host groups, variables, conditionals, loops, and infrastructure automation modules.
• Experience deploying, operating, and supporting containerized workloads on Red Hat Open Shift, including Kubernetes concepts, deployments, services, routes, resource management, and troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Oracle databases, including use of drivers, basic queries, updates, and application‑level database integration.
• Familiarity with IBM MQ, Kafka, and Mongo
  
  DB fundamentals, including connectivity, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and application integration.
• Pega Platform implementation, development, upgrades, patching, monitoring, or troubleshooting experience is a strong plus.

A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $62,900.00 - $.

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well‑being programs

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to…