Lead Software Engineer - AWS/Java

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GENERAL FUNCTION :

Designs and implements software solutions as a member of an agile squad. Being assigned to an agile squad means this role also participates in all agile ceremonies driving activities from design to delivery.

Follows best practices and standards and participates in communities of practice to continuously refine and document these standards.

Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined.

Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.

While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Design and implement new features while continuously improving quality of technical products and applications
• Provide technical knowledge and leadership as a developer on an agile squad
• Work collaboratively with other software engineers to define system architectures and design solutions
• Develop software meeting code quality standards and metrics
• Practice test-driven development
• Participate in communities of practice by contributing to and following standards, reviewing others code, and sharing knowledge
• Achieve operational excellence by automating processes and writing maintainable, supportable, and testable code
• Maintain effective partnerships with operations and engineering teams to drive service improvement
• Remain current on IT trends pertaining to their area of practice
• Assist with problem resolution for end users and customers
• Contribute to the definition of operational procedures for software development
• Maintain appropriate controls and documentation to ensure compliance of audit requirements
• Other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : None

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 6-8 years of engineering or other IT work experience relevant to the position.
• Knowledge of object-oriented and functional software design.
• Familiarity with RESTful API design.
• Prior experience with knowledge of Git and GitHub.
• Understanding of Software Development Methodologies.
• Understanding of security best practices.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Essential Qualifications :

• Java / Spring Boot, Java 17+ expertise.
• REST API development experience.
• Containerization familiarity.
• Software development best practices knowledge.
• Git and GitHub experience.
• Software development methodologies understanding.
• Security best practices in software development.
• Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Developing using OSX experience.
• Unit Testing with JUnit proficiency.

Desirable Skills and Abilities :

• 12-factor applications experience.
• Microservices development using Node / ExpressJs.
• Elastic Container Service (ECS) knowledge.
• Greenfield application development experience.
• Terraform experience.
• Configuring and tuning Tomcat Embedded.
• Hashicorp Vault familiarity.
• Jenkins CI / CD experience.

Lead Software Engineer - AWS / Java

LOCATION Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

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