Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

Chart your own path and grow your career while helping more customers achieve financial freedom. Empower Yourself.

Lead Developer / Lead Java Developer  

The Opportunity:

You will work on data that will amaze you, work with a team that will inspire you, and help create products that truly add value to our users.  Personal Wealth server team is extremely agile and builds the backbone of our award-winning application with cloud native and shift left development philosophy. Our data is rich and large, and this is your chance to be an influential member of this team, not just on Personal Wealth but also on the financial lives of our users. We keep our feet on the ground and heads in the cloud. 

The Work: 

As a server side engineer you will work on many initiatives, integrations, innovations, while always trying to scale it more, improving performance and keeping the system secure. 

• Design, implement, deploy and support new web-based applications and container-based microservices using server technologies stacks that include Java, MySQL, Apache/Tomcat, and open-source packages such as Spring, Hibernate, etc. 

• Excel in working with data models and transforming them to object oriented models. 

• Define and implement REST based web services exposing personal financial services for managing financial accounts, investment portfolios, credit and bank products. 

• Execute end-to-end software development in an agile development methodology including requirements analysis, architecture, design, design, coding, testing, deployment and support using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design. 

• Familiarity with financial planning tools and retirement plans is a plus. 

Must Have: 

• 7+ years of backend development experience. 

• Expertise with server-side technology stack - Java, MySQL, Spring Boot, Hibernate. 

• Expertise in Object Oriented Design and effective use of design patterns. 

• Excellent communication skills.

• Exceptional sense of ownership with assigned responsibilities. 

• Experience with microservices architecture.

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins.

• Experience with triaging and debugging issues with limited information.

Nice to Have: 

• Experience with REST and API design. 

• Experience with defining testing strategies in multi-vendor enterprise applications. 

• Experience with AWS Cloud Computing infrastructure. 

• Experience with NewSQL and NoSQL technologies is a plus. 

• Solid practitioner’s understanding of secure application development best practices, such as OWASP. 

• Deployment of scalable web systems with architectural requirements for high availability, high throughput, low response time, etc. 

• Desire to grow professionally with a small, focused, development team in a fast-paced team. 

• Comfortable working evening shifts to ensure overlap with US time zones. 

• Bachelor's degree or higher, in Computer Science or related field. 

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job.  The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time.   You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description.   You may be required to perform other duties that are not included in this job description.  The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.