Lead Software Engineer- Java Back End, AWS

What you'll do

• Provide technical direction, develop and review production code, and influence product design and technical operations.
• Drive adoption and governance of AI-assisted engineering and automation, with measurable quality, security, and delivery standards.
• Lead cross-functional engineering efforts and promote firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices.

What they ask for

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists.
• Expert-level backend engineering in Java (Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Hibernate/JPA) and/or Python; strong SQL and relational and NoSQL data modeling.
• Deep AWS and hands-on Apache Kafka experience, plus distributed systems, CI/CD, testing, and leadership of multi-organization adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering models.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering in a regulated environment; financial services preferred, with working knowledge of audit, entitlement, and compliance requirements.

Tools

Java, Spring Boot, Spring Integration, Hibernate/JPA, Python, SQL, AWS, Apache Kafka

AI focus

Leads governed adoption of AI-assisted and agentic AI-enabled engineering practices, including human-in-the-loop decisioning, quality gates, measurement, and secure handling of sensitive inputs and outputs; advises on responsible AI risk, controls, and safe adoption.