Lead Front End Software Engineer

Techstra Solutions

$110K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 8+ years of Front End development experience, preferably in banking/financial institutions
  • Proficiency in Angular and Node.js
  • Experience in user experience (UX) design
  • Strong leadership and mentoring skills in technical settings
  • Expertise in software solutions, design, and application development
  • Familiarity with regulatory and risk controls

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of complex Front End software solutions
  • Create proposals for software solutions to meet intricate business needs
  • Facilitate problem resolution and provide technical guidance to team members
  • Prepare necessary technical and procedural documentation
  • Review coding, testing, and documentation processes of software
  • Apply modern methodologies and tools to enhance business initiatives
  • Ensure alignment of customer-focused solutions with business values

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead innovative software projects in a financial setting
  • Engage with modern principles and methodologies
  • Chance to mentor and develop junior team members
  • Work in a collaborative banking environment with a focus on customer satisfaction
  • Involvement in risk management practices within a large institution
Full Job Description
Role Overview
The Lead Front End Software Engineer (Java) role adds leadership of technical design and development, complex problem resolution, guidance and support for colleagues, code and documentation reviews, and use of modern principles, methodologies, and tools to advance business initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead Front End Developer with strong UX Design skills, team leadership, and coding experience.
  • 8+ Years of experience preferably in a large banking / financial institution environment.
  • Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions.
  • Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required.
  • Facilitates complex problem resolution.
  • Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software.
  • Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.
  • Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
  • Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support the companies Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
    • Banking operations familiarity
    • Controls
    • Compliance considerations
    • Risk management processes
  • Technical Troubleshooting - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
  • Application Delivery Process - Extensive Experience
  • Application Design, Architecture - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
  • Application Development Tools - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
  • Application Testing - Extensive Experience
  • Packaged Application Integration - Subject Matter Depth and Breadth
  • System Development Lifecycle - Extensive Experience
Required Qualifications/Skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
  • Angular
  • Node.js
  • Java Development
  • Process Improvement
  • Release Management
  • Software Solutions and Design
  • User Experience (UX) Design
  • Application Development
  • Design and architecture familiarity/experience
  • Business and Team Management
  • Group Problem Solving
  • Customer Engagement and Solutions Oriented


Preferred Qualifications
  • Banking experience
  • Financial institution experience
  • Understanding regulatory and risk controls

Locations: Birmingham, AL

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