Lead Technical Consultant - Must Be OnSite (34497)

Overview

We're seeking an experienced Lead Technical Consultant to join a high-performing product and engineering team delivering enterprise-grade, cloud-based software for the financial sector. This individual will act as a hands-on technical leader-driving design, architecture, and implementation standards while mentoring engineers and ensuring delivery excellence across distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate business and product requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.
  
  
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, QA, and Project Delivery teams across multiple geographies.
  
  
• Define and review low-level designs to align with architectural best practices.
  
  
• Lead code reviews, optimize performance, and uphold maintainable, secure coding standards.
  
  
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers, fostering innovation and knowledge sharing.
  
  
• Champion automation, DevOps adoption, and continuous improvement across development processes.
  
  
• Ensure milestones and deliverables are achieved while maintaining technical quality.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent discipline.
  
  
• 10+ years of enterprise software development experience, with at least 3 years in a lead or senior technical role.
  
  
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST API development, and SQL/NoSQL data stores.
  
  
• Proven experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures (must have).
  
  
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.) and modern DevOps practices.
  
  
• Proficiency working in cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
  
  
• Strong grasp of distributed systems, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
  
  
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  
  
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apache Flink or other real-time stream processing frameworks.
  
  
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
  
  
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack).
  
  
• Prior work within the banking or financial services domain.
  
  
• Ability to coach and develop team members at varying experience levels.

Additional Details

All candidates must successfully complete a comprehensive background screening, including:
Criminal Record Check, Credit Inquiry, Identity Verification, Global Sanctions & Media Check, PEP Screening, Right to Work Validation, Education Verification, and Employment Reference Checks.

Only candidates with fully verifiable credentials will be considered.