Software Engineer IV (Java)

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Software Engineer IV (Java)
Location: Atlanta/Charlotte/Raleigh
Duration: 6 Months (Contract to Hire)
Business Initiative/Purpose:
Lead a team of skilled team of software engineers to develop cutting-edge software solutions and new features that keep emerging payments applications at client at the forefront of its industry
Role Responsibilities:

• Development includes but is not limited to customized coding, software integration, analysis, configuring solutions, or use tools pertinent to the area, project, or system to configure or generate a solution.
• Participate in testing, implementation, maintenance, and escalated support of Client's most complex solutions.
• Ensure adherence to company and industry standards. Provides technical consultation on extremely challenging or unusual situations.
• Write and run unit tests.
• Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results.
• Interpret internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices.
  Use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Mentor less experienced teammates to build technical expertise.
• Does not have management responsibilities. This position serves as the technical expert on the team and is often the strongest engineer, answering and solving the most complex, unusual issues, but does not have the skills nor the interest in management. Therefore, in the technical industry and many companies, this position is often aligned at the same level as an entry level manager. This creates a career path for an individual contributor to remain as an individual contributor and does not have to seek a management role for promotion/pay.
• In an Agile environment: Act as an Agile champion. Responsible for delivering high quality working software and automating manual/reusable tasks working directly, and consulting with, the business from the beginning of the design work. Leverage continuous engineering practices to deliver business value regarding effectiveness of the design. Actively participate in refining user stories. Responsible for development and developing unit testing, and supporting integration and functional testing. Responsible for providing warranty support and providing knowledge transfer to production support. Develop code in accordance with the acceptance criteria established by the Product Owner.

Must Have Sklls/Prior Experiences:

• Master s degree and ten years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Banking or financial services experience
• Deep knowledge and experience with two or more of the following: Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Professional experience building apps or services from the ground up and scaling at an enterprise level
• Experience with Open Source tools and frameworks
• Experience with cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Strong understanding of SOA and/or Open API methodologies and service architectures
• Experience using web servers, application containers, caching technologies
• Solid knowledge of relational database design and development (SQL, stored procedures, data modeling)
• Experience with messaging systems (i.e., KAFKA, MQ and JMS)
• Experience with build tools, such as Git, Maven, and Jenkins
• Ability to provide direction and mentor less experienced teammates. Ability to interpret and convey complex, difficult, or sensitive information

Nice to Have Skills/Prior Experiences:

• Master s degree and ten years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Banking or financial services experience
• Deep knowledge and experience with two or more of the following: Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Professional experience building apps or services from the ground up and scaling at an enterprise level
• Experience traiging production issues and performance tuning.

EEO:  Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.