Software Engineer (Java)

Principal Software Engineer

Defined Benefit Platform Technology team is seeking highly motivated, Principal Software Engineer to join its dynamic, globally distributed team of IT professionals responsible for design and development of DB Platform Applications at its North Carolina site.

In this role, you will serve as a Principal Software Engineer, who will partner within the DB Platform Development team. You will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of quality Dockerized java application deployed on Rancher/Kubernetes platform and legacy C++ based applications that are used by client's workplace participants. You will work closely with the scrum master, systems analysts, architects, and other developers to design, build, test, and deliver the features. You will also be encouraged to provide guidance and mentoring to the other developers within the scrum team in accordance with your skills and experiences.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• Expertise to drive meaningful technical discussions, arbitrate and recommend an optimal path forward
• Passion for technology and experienced with the tools of the trade including a variety of modern programming languages and frameworks
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with supporting teams to get things done in an expedited manner
• Ability to solve real-life problems, design modern solutions for legacy applications
• Show strong judgment and leadership across a multitude of situations and drive decision making taking all factors into account
• Hands-on experience across multiple platforms, and can navigate your way across a sophisticated and rapidly changing technology landscape and stay on top of industry trends
• Experience handling Defined Benefit Pension Plans is a plus

The Purpose of Your Role

As a developer you will interact with architecture and management to translate product requirements to technology solutions. You will be responsible for design and implementation of technical solutions to achieve business goals for the product offering.

The Skills You Bring

• 6-9 years of experience in Java application development using Spring
• Proficient in Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, Spring Core and JavaScript.
• 4+ years of experience in database design and development using PL/SQL
• Experience in tools and methods to enable efficiency, performance, and agility through automating DevOps processes (Maven, Jenkins, Stash).
• Solid understanding of developing highly scalable distributed systems using Open source technologies.
• Proven experience or Good understanding of public cloud capabilities including compute, storage, database (e.g. AWS or Azure)
• Proven experience or Good understanding of Helm, Kubernetes, Config Maps and YAML
• Working knowledge of testing automation frameworks like Junit, Mockito etc.
• Knowledge of public/private cloud capabilities including compute, storage, database would be a plus
• Agile experience and Scrum master certification is a plus

The Value You Deliver

• Help design and implement efficient technology solutions
• Prioritize items based on business value
• Be a resource multiplier by being able to provide technical guidance to other engineers while maintaining your own work list
• Recognize technology trends in the cloud space and assist in adopting new solutions as offered by cloud service providers
• Formulate and drive the tactical and strategic technology direction of the Defined Benefits business for some of the firm’s most strategic workplace clients
• Utilizing an in-depth understanding of the business to propose and deliver solutions to increase employer and employee satisfaction around their Defined Benefits experience
• Proposing and delivering strategic efficiency and scale technology solutions
• Maintaining an atmosphere of collaboration, openness and approachability every day

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Workplace Solutions delivers benefits solutions for many of the US largest businesses. Your work will deliver technology to support the Defined Benefit business in Workplace Investing, which will allow for a superior customer experience, innovation in product and service offering, and increased sales and retention

COVID Work Policy

Safety is our top priority. Once we can be together in person with fewer safety measures, this role will follow our dynamic working approach. You’ll be spending some of your time onsite depending on the nature and needs of your role.

Dynamic Working – Post Pandemic

Our aim is to combine the best of working offsite with coming together in person. For most teams this means a consistent balance of working from home and office that supports the needs of your role, experience level, and working style.

Your success and growth is important to us, so you’ll want to enjoy the benefits of coming together in person – face to face learning and training, quality time with your manager and teammates, building your career network, making friends, and taking full advantage of cultural and social experiences client provides for you.