Lead Software Engineer - Corelation

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead and Mentor
  • Work closely with Business and IT leaders to define, develop, and implement solutions within the Application Development infrastructure as well as associated integration endpoints.
  • Provide guidance for vendors, and other IT areas, or business division during project efforts or BAU support.
  • Provide subject matter expertise of the supported solution and processes with level 2 support as needed.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Development and Problem-Solving
  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex projects, ensuring timely and successful delivery.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot complex technical issues, providing effective solutions.
  • Conduct root cause analysis of problems and implement corrective actions as needed.
  • Drive the Product Development Lifecycle, ideally within Agile methodologies, sprint planning, and project tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Helix).
• Documentation
  • Conduct technical reviews of designs, code, and documentation to ensure quality and compliance.
  • Develop and maintain clear and concise technical documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and user manuals.
  • Achieve proper documentation and meeting all work requirements.
• Collaboration
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project success.
  • Server as technical liaison to software engineers, systems engineers, database administrators, quality assurance, and other IT and business teams.
  • Provide periodic “on-call” coverage after business hours, weekends and/or holidays as needed for minimal outages/production impacts.

Required Education & Experience

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer and Information Systems.
• Additional 2 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum certifications: N/A
• Minimum direct years of experience: 5+
• Minimum required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
  • Specific Skillset required for Corelation Developer: Hands-on Corelation KeyStone development experience specifically batch scripting CDR/interface development, or report development depending on your team's focus areas.
  • Experience with APIs for third-party integrations, including building and consuming APIs to connect Keystone with external systems and fintech partners.
  • 5+ years of relevant IT Engineering leadership experience.
  • Proven experience in leading and mentoring software engineering and applications teams.
  • Strong SQL skills for data analysis, custom reporting, and working directly with the underlying data structures - particularly useful for audit support, regulatory reporting, and ad hoc member data queries.
  • Must adhere to the work schedule and attendance policy established by the manager.
  • Must be able to confidently interact with technical, non-technical, and management staff.
  • Proven ability to not only build technology solutions but explain your solution architecture and technology choices to enterprise Architects and senior leadership.
  • Experience assessing and managing technology and cyber security risks related to application, network, and infrastructure.
  • Performs code reviews, code merges, and design reviews with peers.
  • Proficient in version control using GitHub or equivalent.
  • Perform review and refinement of the product backlog and assist with their prioritization.
  • Stay up to date on the latest industry trends and technical advancements.
  • Serves as on-call responder for software the team supports.
  • Collaborative and team player attitude with excellent communication skills both written and oral.
  • Strong knowledge of JavaScript, JSON, XML, REST and SOAP APIs.
  • Familiarity with credit union operations and core system concepts (shares, loans, ACH, GL, etc.).

Preferred Education & Experience

• Preferred education: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer and Information Systems.
• Preferred certifications: N/A
• Preferred direct years of experience: 5+
• Preferred required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
  • Proficient and dedicated to writing reliable, testable, maintainable, and performant code.
  • Experience working in large, enterprise level programs/projects, preferably with a background in Financial Services.
  • Strong experience working between multiple projects simultaneously, with varied degrees of complexity and duration.
  • Ability to not only build technology solutions but explain your solution architecture and technology choices to enterprise Architects and senior leadership.
  • Proven ability to define and solve complex business problems, leveraging best in class technical solutions.
  • Experience developing for high availability and scalability.
  • Practical experience working with relational databases and large data sets.