Java Developer - Tools and Productivity Engineer

Java Developer - Tools and Productivity Engineer

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An elite US Bank is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to join our Developer Tools & Productivity team. This role is critical to enabling engineering excellence across the organization by designing, building, and optimizing tools, frameworks, and platforms that empower thousands of developers. You will be a hands‑on technical leader, driving innovation and best practices in developer experience, build systems, and cloud‑native workflows.

• Design and develop high‑performance developer tools, frameworks, and automation solutions to improve productivity and code quality.
• Lead technical strategy for developer experience initiatives, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across the enterprise.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify pain points and deliver solutions that streamline development, testing, and deployment.
• Architect cloud‑native solutions leveraging AWS services for CI/CD pipelines, build orchestration, and developer environments.
• Champion best practices in software engineering, including code quality, performance optimization, and secure development.
• Mentor and influence senior engineers and stakeholders through technical leadership and thought partnership.

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record of delivering complex systems at scale.
• Expert‑level Java development skills, including deep knowledge of JVM internals, performance tuning, and modern frameworks.
• Strong AWS experience, including services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, and IAM.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Code Pipeline) and build tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle).
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Exceptional problem‑solving skills and ability to influence technical direction without formal authority.

• Experience with developer productivity platforms or internal developer portals.
• Familiarity with observability tools and performance monitoring.
• Contributions to open-source projects or thought leadership in developer tooling.

This is an onsite position working 5 days per week onsite in the firm’s Jersey City or Palo Alto office. At this time the team is unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Director

Full‑time

Banking