Entry Level -Software Developer - Web Development

COMPANY SUMMARY Since 1992, Kingland has been a leading provider of enterprise software products, helping clients solve complex data, risk, and regulatory compliance challenges through innovative problem solving. Our software supports this purpose by creating predictability, consistency, and trust in our business. Guided by this purpose and our values of authenticity, creativity, excellence, and ownership, we help clients use data to confidently manage risk and comply with regulations. Our hybrid work program offers opportunities for in-person connection at our US offices in Ames, Iowa; POSITION SUMMARY | Senior Software Engineer Banks, auditors, and other financial institutions rely on Kingland's platform to manage the entity data behind their risk and compliance decisions. You’ll work primarily in Java and Spring on backend services that use PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, caching, and AWS messaging to process complex data. As a software engineer at Kingland, you'll take ownership of scoped features and reliability and performance improvements, from requirements through production deployment. Working with an experienced team, you'll improve the correctness and efficiency of data processing, strengthen automated tests, preserve API compatibility, and improve the tools used to diagnose and recover from problems. The role includes occasional frontend contributions; experience with Angular or TypeScript is helpful. RESPONSIBILITIES | Senior Software Engineer Build and maintain secure, testable Java/Spring services within the existing architecture, and raise opportunities to improve shared patterns Write automated unit and integration tests whose assertions verify the intended behavior Improve structured logging, metrics, alarms, and runbooks to detect problems earlier and make diagnosis and recovery more effective Investigate performance issues with the team and measure the effect of changes to queries, caching, or batching using representative data Collaborate with teammates, product owners, and client-facing teams in two-week sprints, from requirements review through implementation, testing, and deployment POSITION REQUIREMENTS | Senior Software Engineer Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering A minimum of 5 years of professional software development experience Backend development experience in Java with Spring or Spring Boot, or strong experience in another backend language such as Go or C# and willingness to work primarily in Java and Spring. Regular use of automated testing, including edge cases and failure behavior, with attention to reliable execution in CI. Knowledge of secure coding practices and responsible handling of sensitive data Ability to reason about data changes, failure paths, and concurrent requests, and design tests that verify the intended behavior PREFERRED SKILLS | Senior Software Engineer PostgreSQL queries and indexes, hierarchical or bulk datasets, Redis caching, or search indexing with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch. AWS services, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Gradle, MyBatis, or Flyway. Performance/load testing and operational diagnostics using logs, correlation IDs, metrics, alarms, and runbooks. Angular/TypeScript or another modern frontend framework; Banking, financial services, audit, or another regulated domain. We understand that each team member is unique, so we offer generous and flexible health and welfare, wellness, lifestyle, and total rewards benefits that are carefully picked and well designed. Development plans and growth opportunities help team members advance their careers. Kingland is not considering applicants who require current or future immigration sponsorship to work in the United States. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals requiring F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, or other employment-based visa sponsorship categories. Kingland offers modern office locations in our Ames, Iowa;