Lead Software Engineer; Java, J2EE, J2SE

Lead Software Engineer (Java, J2EE, J2SE)

West Mclean, United States | Posted on 11/02/2022

GTSSW is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for our client within the McLean, VA area. The Development family is responsible for creating, designing, deploying, and supporting applications, programs, and software solutions. This includes research, new development, prototyping, modification, reuse, re‑engineering, maintenance, or any other activities related to software products used internally or externally on product platforms supported by the firm. The software development process requires in‑depth expertise in existing and emerging development methodologies, tools, and programming languages.

Software Engineers work closely with business partners and/or external clients in defining requirements and implementing solutions. The role specializes in planning, documenting technical requirements, designing, developing, and testing all software systems and applications for the firm.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as a technical expert on one or more applications used by client
• Work with the Business System Analyst to ensure designs satisfy functional requirements
• Partner with Infrastructure to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments
• Tune application performance to eliminate and reduce issues
• Research and evaluate technical solutions consistent with client's technology standards
• Align risk and control processes into day‑to‑day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately
• Contribute expertise to the design of components or individual programs, and participate in the construction and functional testing
• Support development teams, testing, troubleshooting, and production support
• Create applications and construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional and non‑functional requirements
• Work with peers to mature ways of working, continuous integration, and continuous delivery

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
• Experience in both front end and/or back‑end application development
• Experience to include the following technologies:
  Java (J2EE, J2SE), Spring, CSS, Angular and/or React, Postgres and Oracle DBs, solid understanding of AWS services and Unix
• Experience using the following tools: GIT, Bit Bucket, Jira, Maven, Jenkins
• Experience with Distributed Ledger Technology Preferred. Python scripting skills, AWS developer or solutions architect certification a plus
• Knowledge of various software development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban)
• Champions a culture where honesty and transparency are expected
• Stays current on changes in his/her own specialist area and seeks out learning opportunities to ensure knowledge is up‑to‑date
• Invests effort to coach others individually
• Builds collaborative teams across the organization
• Communicates openly keeping everyone informed
• Passion for technology innovation, a curious mind, and an entrepreneurial mentality