Java Principal Engineer

•    Design and build high performance, scalable and reliable component-based applications using latest technologies such as AWS, Docker, Elasticsearch etc.
•    Lead and mentor junior engineers
•    Collaborate across teams for developing or enhancing product features
•    Help define architecture & assist throughout refinement process
•    Effectively communicate software solution expectations to internal customers, team members and other stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
•    Discuss the merits of various approaches with peers and junior engineers 
•    Develop new applications as well as enhance and support existing applications
•    Provide guidance to resolve production problems in a timely manner by rapidly organizing and deploying the appropriate resources
•    Continuously review problems to determine the root cause to prevent them in the future
•    Ensure that secure coding practices are followed throughout the software life cycle
•    Participate in planning meetings, retrospectives, daily stand ups, and other meetings as part of the software development process
•    Provide guidance to team members to research and experiment with new tools and technologies, build working PoCs, conduct knowledge sharing sessions and provide recommendations for product improvement
•    Champion own ideas as well as team's ideas
•    Learn in area of leadership, management and agile
•    Understand the view of all the scrum teams from an engineering and architectural perspective as well as the business objectives
•    Help identify organizational impediments

Qualifications

•    8-12 years experience working in in Java, SQL, XML, JSON 
•    Experience with AWS or any cloud provider, Docker, Elasticsearch is a plus
•    Experience leading small-medium sized technical teams
•    Experience in creating and consuming RESTful services & APIs
•    Experience working in Web Application Frameworks such as Angular or React
•    Experience working with Spring and Message Queues
•    Working knowledge of software development tools, testing methodologies, continuous integration and Agile processes
•    Ability to easily express architectural ideas to engineers and non-technical members
•    Ability to guide junior engineers to quickly debug problems based on experience and prior patterns
•    Self manage time and tasks with little to no direction from others
•    Identify subtle or well hidden technical debt, understand some of the organizational technical debt
•    Strong teamwork and problem-solving skills
•    Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one as well as in large-group setups
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audience
•    Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or related field) from four-year college or university