About the role

  • Software Engineering Lead managing enterprise services platform development for Safe-Guard. Driving technical leadership while collaborating with product managers and architects for scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product managers and solution architects to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs
  • Guide architectural decisions, establish coding standards, and champion software engineering best practices
  • Design, develop, and maintain microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and modern cloud-native patterns on AWS
  • Build solutions leveraging AWS services (ECS Fargate, S3, SQS, API Gateway, Lambda) with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines, API governance strategies, and observability practices (distributed tracing, structured logging, SLO/SLA monitoring)
  • Mentor team members through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
  • Foster a culture of test-driven development, observability, and operational excellence
  • Remain agile and adaptable, capable of context-switching between projects as business needs evolve

Requirements

  • 6+ years of professional software development experience
  • 1-2 years in a technical leadership or senior engineering role
  • Java and Spring Boot framework
  • RESTful API design and microservices architecture
  • API design patterns (GraphQL, gRPC, or OpenAPI/Swagger)
  • AWS cloud services and cloud-native development
  • Relational and NoSQL databases
  • Distributed systems concepts (resilience, fault tolerance, eventual consistency)
  • Integration with generative AI and LLM technologies (OpenAI, Bedrock, LangChain, SageMaker)
  • Performance optimization and scalability patterns
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
  • Proven mentoring and team collaboration abilities
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
  • Quarkus framework experience
  • Frontend development skills (Angular or React)
  • Python for scripting or services development
  • Event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge)
  • Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Splunk)

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account
  • 401(k) Plan with Company Match
  • Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Company-paid Life Insurance
  • Paid Holidays and Vacation
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellness Programs
  • Paid Community Service Opportunities
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Ongoing Training & Personal Development
  • And More!

Job title

Software Engineering Lead – APIs

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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