Senior Software Engineer

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Whippany, New Jersey - Hybrid
Terms: 12+ Months Contract


Position Overview:
The Senior Full Stack Engineer will join a mission-critical team within our US-Financial Services division, helping shape engineering standards, architectural direction, and technical strategy for a prominent US banking client. The team's mission is to design, develop, and deploy scalable, cloud-native banking solutions that ensure utmost application reliability, security, and performance.

Day-To-Day Responsibilities:

• Architect full-stack solutions using a Java/Spring backend, React/Angular frontend, and AWS cloud services.
• Lead design sessions, technical planning, and backlog refinement for engineering tasks.
• Define coding standards, secure coding practices, and performance guidelines for the engineering team.
• Drive CI/CD maturity, observability, and DevOps best practices across the development lifecycle.
• Guide the definition of cloud-native patterns including serverless, microservices, and containerization.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with Product Owners and Solution Architects on roadmap and technical strategy.

Top 3 Required Skills:

• Java, Spring Boot, & Spring Cloud: 10+ years (Expert-level proficiency required)
• Microservices Architecture & Advanced System Design: 8+ years
• React or Angular Frontend Development: 5+ years

Additional Desired Skills:

• AWS Expert-Level Cloud Infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, IAM)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• Event Streaming Technologies (Kafka or Kinesis)
• Observability Stacks (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana)

Ideal Candidate Profile:
The ideal candidate is an expert-level, hands-on technical leader with a robust background in the US Financial Services or banking domain. They hold a degree in Computer Engineering or a Master's degree, possess active AWS certifications, and bring an authoritative blend of full-stack development and distributed systems architecture experience.