Lead Java Cloud Engineer

Lead Java Cloud Engineer

Join our team at Nations Benefits
, a fast‑growing healthcare fintech provider of supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions.

Nations Benefits is recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in America and a healthcare fintech provider of supplemental benefits, flex cards, and member engagement solutions. We partner with managed care organizations to provide innovative healthcare solutions that drive growth, improve outcomes, reduce costs, and bring value to their members. Through our comprehensive suite of innovative supplemental benefits, fintech payment platforms, and member engagement solutions, we help health plans deliver high-quality benefits to their members that address the social determinants of health and improve member health outcomes and satisfaction.

Our compliance‑focused infrastructure, proprietary technology systems, and premier service delivery model allow our health plan partners to deliver high‑quality, value-based care to millions of members. We offer a fulfilling work environment that attracts top talent and encourages all associates to contribute to delivering premier service to internal and external customers alike. Our goal is to transform the healthcare industry for the better.

We provide career advancement opportunities from within the organization across multiple locations in the US, South America, and India.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture.
• Recruit, onboard, and train top engineering talent, ensuring team members adhere to best development practices.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, one‑on‑ones, and knowledge‑sharing sessions to drive continuous team improvement.
• Encourage an Agile and Dev Ops culture, promoting ownership, accountability, and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Define and execute the technical strategy and architecture for a scalable, secure, and high‑performance Fin Tech application.
• Ensure that the software development lifecycle (SDLC) adheres to industry best practices, coding standards, and compliance guidelines.
• Guide engineers in software design, code reviews, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends, integrating innovative solutions where applicable.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of Java-based microservices using Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful APIs.
• Ensure the delivery of fault‑tolerant, scalable, and low‑latency systems that can handle high transaction volumes.
• Collaborate with business teams to translate functional requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and security through proactive monitoring and fine‑tuning.
• Architect, build, and maintain microservices‑based systems on cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Ensure efficient containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Leverage cloud‑based tools for monitoring, logging, and scaling production workloads.
• Work closely with Product Managers, Program Managers, and Business Leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
• Ensure seamless collaboration between engineering, product, and non-technical teams.
• Translate complex technical challenges into actionable business solutions.
• Establish a culture of continuous learning and process enhancement within the engineering team.
• Promote automation, Dev Ops practices, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
• Encourage the adoption of new frameworks, tools, and best practices to improve team efficiency and product quality.
• Ensure that applications comply with financial regulations, data security, and privacy standards (GDPR, PCI DSS, etc.).
• Proactively manage technical risks, vulnerabilities, and security incidents.
• Implement robust authentication, authorization, and encryption mechanisms for secure data transactions.
• Design and manage SQL/No
  
  SQL databases, ensuring optimal performance for large‑scale data processing.
• Optimize database queries for fast, efficient, and reliable financial transactions.
• Integrate real‑time data processing…