Lead Java Software Engineer; Individual Contributor

Working independently, the Lead Software Engineer owns development of software products and works on improving the overall quality of the product throughout the software development life cycle. The role mentors other Software Engineers and requires deep expertise in Java to design, develop, and maintain complex enterprise‑grade applications on AWS using clean, modular and performant code.

• Designs and develops industry‑leading solutions that meet defined quality standards, reliability specifications, and help achieve key strategic objectives.
• Takes a broad perspective to problems and exercises independent judgment in techniques and evaluation criteria to obtain results.
• Identifies ways to overcome challenging situations that jeopardize the achievement of business goals.
• Develops actionable insights from analyzing software development trends, best practices, and innovative test environment management tools; communicates integration recommendations to management.
• Coaches and trains less experienced colleagues in techniques, processes, and responsibilities.
• Integrates the culture of intelligence, integrity, and initiative into team goals and decisions.
• Partners within and across teams to remove barriers and identify shared goals and priorities.
• Openly shares progress and priorities with key stakeholders, communicating complex or technical information at the right level.

• Backend Development:
  Strong experience across server‑side technologies and architectures, including Spring Boot, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, microservices and event‑driven architectures.
• Data Storage Technologies:
  Extensive experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL), No
  
  SQL systems (MongoDB, Cassandra), graph databases (Neo4j, Amazon Neptune) and data modeling patterns.
• System Design & Architecture:
  Proven ability to architect scalable, enterprise‑grade document and metadata ingestion, processing, and persistence at scale.
• Dev Ops & Infrastructure:
  Assists with implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and develops cloud‑native solutions leveraging AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, S3, ECS, Fargate, Aurora.
• Performance tuning and optimization, test automation and unit testing, and software security.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least 7 years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience.
• Strong system design experience.
• Strong experience in object‑oriented development.
• Strong experience with cloud technologies.
• Strong experience in data storage technologies.
• Strong experience in performance tuning and optimization.
• Strong experience in Dev Ops and CI/CD technologies.
• Strong experience in test automation and unit testing.
• Strong experience in software security.

Hybrid work environment with defined in‑person presence requirements. Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.

• CO/FL/TX:
  Minimum Salary $114,200, Maximum Salary $207,200
• IL/PA:
  Minimum Salary $125,900, Maximum Salary $228,000
• MA/MD/VA/Washington, DC:
  Minimum Salary $131,200, Maximum Salary $238,300
• NY/NJ:
  Minimum Salary $131,200, Maximum Salary $248,700

• Discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Non‑exempt employees eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal, state, or local law.
• Health, dental and vision insurance; basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, disability and legal coverages.
• Immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for an additional FINRA‑funded retirement contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits and other wellness programs including adoption assistance and backup family care.
• Paid time off: 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days, 9 sick days, plus 9 paid holidays and two volunteer service days.
• Additional paid leave for military, jury duty, bereavement, voting, family care and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment).

FINRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected category.