Staff Software Engineer- Java, Consumer

Technical Leadership:

• Take a leading role within the team, providing technical guidance and expertise.
• Collaborate with other engineers, sharing knowledge and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Model data driven decision making.
• Simplify complicated concepts for effective communication.

Exemplary Work:

• Set the bar high by delivering exemplary software contributions in production.
• Model highly available, low-latency, and efficient software solutions.
• Document code, technical designs, and operational processes to ensure clarity for fellow engineers.
• Set and uphold high bars for engineering and operational excellence.
  Lead development of cloud-native services at global scale, with deep experience in multi-region deployments, failover strategies, and cost-optimized infrastructure. Proven ability to scale systems to handle millions of requests per day with high availability and low latency.

Mentorship and Coaching:

• Coach and mentor junior engineers up to Senior Software Engineer level.
• Provide input to leadership on development needs and growth opportunities for team members.

Quality Standards:

• Drive best practices within the team, setting the standards for quality.
• Ensure that software meets rigorous quality criteria.

Strategic Input:

• Collaborate with leadership to shape development strategies.
• Identify growth opportunities and contribute to the team’s success.

What to Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree with 9 – 13 years of experience as a software developer .
• Strong CS fundamentals; strong technical understanding of Kubernetes-based microservice architectures, messaging services, DB services, API gateways, service mesh, and infrastructure-as-code technologies/processes.
• Familiarity   with   modern  Java  features   including  Vert.x   and   Spring
  Boot.
• Direct experience with AWS. Other cloud providers are desirable (GCP, Azure, or other)
• Experience in building and operating global-scale large platform services in non-prod and prod environments.
• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Telegraph), databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Experience in large volume transaction systems, data migration workflows, with a focus on quality, precision, and accuracy metrics.
• Knack for operationalizing workflows into a self-serve system with appropriate guardrails.
• Experience establishing and improving data-driven infrastructure and service KPIs such as performance, scale, availability, reliability, security.
• A strong understanding of security best practices and a high bar for protecting customer data.
• Operational experience (i.e., on-call rotation, incident response, playbooks)
• Ability to collaborate effectively with remote peers across disparate geographies and time zones.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with emphasis on technical documentation.