Lead Software Developer - Wilmington Savings Fund Society

Job Description

As a Lead Full Stack Java Software Engineer on the Enterprise Application Engineering team, you are responsible for making critical technical decisions that impact the success and quality of software projects. ​ The Lead Full Stack Java Software Engineer will serve as a subject matter expert to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way.  Your advanced technical skills and experience will contribute to modernizing our technology ecosystem, through a SOA approach of delivering high-quality code, efficient system performance, and seamless integration within our Enterprise Applications. This role is a working lead position and is responsible for providing technical lead and guidance activities to peers and junior level colleagues.

Job Responsibilities:

• Utilize your extensive experience in developing and maintaining high-performing Java applications.
• Responsible for software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
• Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and mentoring peers and junior team members.
• Provide technical guidance and direction in one or more areas of API Development, Cloud Native software solution design and delivery to meet enterprise objectives.
• Establish software engineering best practices, performing code reviews and providing guidance on Devops delivery model.
• Drive decisions that influence the software design, application functionality, security, scalability and technical implementation of solutions.
• Create maintainable, adaptable, scalable, defect-free code using software development best practices and coding standards (i.e. software reuse, refactoring, CI/CD, test automation, secure development, TDD, static code analysis, peer/code review).
• Build testing protocols to optimize performance, which will have direct impact on the user experience of our products. 
• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in applications and drives code hygiene and system architecture.
• Contribute to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies.

Education, Work Experience, and Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technology discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Technical Lead on a software development team
• Minimum of 7 years of software development experience using Java technology stack.
• Banking and/or financial services industry experience highly preferred.
• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience with creating and influencing Domain Driven Design and implementation approach.
• Extensive Design and Programming skills in Java version +, Spring Boot, Restful Microservices, Azure and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of security vulnerabilities in web applications and addressing them.
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Applicant Resiliency, and Security
• Experience in both web development domains: the front end/UI development and the back-end development.
• Displays strong research, problem solving, analytical, critical thinking.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as customer service skills.

Good to have Skills and Certifications:

• Certification in Google/Azure Cloud, AWS Associate level, Container and Kubernetes experience

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WSFS is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.