Lead Java Engineer Payments / Banking / Finance - Metropark, NJ / Charlotte, NC / Chandler, AZ [Hybrid]

Job Title: Lead Java Engineer Payments

Location: Metropark, NJ / Charlotte, NC / Chandler, AZ [Hybrid]

FTE - Looking for visa independents

About this role:

Seeking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Global Payments and Liquidity Technology team. You will leverage your hands-on engineering experience, architecture knowledge, CI/CD experience to lead complex technology solutions as part of Payment Transformation initiate.

In this role, you will:

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
• Resolve complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients' needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including transformation programs, application upgrades and deployments
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals
• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff
• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of full stack Software Engineering experience
• 7+ years of J2EE experience (including RESTful or SOAP web services)
• 5+ years of JMS (Java Message Service) experience
• 3+ years of Kafka Platform experience, Confluent Platform experience, or a combination of both
• 3+ years of MongoDB experience
• 3+ years of experience with secure DevOps and deployment automation to cloud environments
• 3+ years of experience with Test Automation
• Proficient in Micro-Services architecture
• Proficient in monitoring and observability tools like Splunk and Grafana
• Strong understanding of middleware and application server concepts like Integration, Transactions and XA transaction, Security, Connection pooling, Load balancing and Messaging; clustered server environment and familiar with system performance related tasks
• Must have excellent communications and teamwork skills, be self-directed, self-motivated, committed, and a quick learner.

Desired Qualifications:

• 4-year BS degree in Computer Science or related field
• Banking and payment applications knowledge plus and ISO messages type.
• Knowledge and understanding of technology architecture: distributed and client server technologies
• Knowledge and understanding of AI technology
• Agile experience
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
• An industry-standard technology certification