Lead Java Development Engineer

Overview

Placement Type : Temporary

Salary :

78.00 to $86.67 an hour

Start Date : 09.01.2025

Join a leading financial services firm that partners with Aquent Talent, revolutionizing how businesses manage their equity compensation. As a key technical leader on this team, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing a cutting-edge platform that streamlines and enhances the user experience for a global clientele. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact on a high-visibility project, leveraging your expertise in Java and cloud technologies to shape the future of equity compensation services.

This exciting role offers a unique opportunity to lead and mentor a skilled team of engineers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will be at the forefront of innovation, designing, developing, and implementing critical components of a consolidated platform. This position calls for a driven and experienced technical leader who thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about delivering high-quality solutions.

Please note this is a hybrid position with up to 4 days a week in office. Candidates within commuting distance from Phoenix, Southlake TX, Omaha or Denver​ will be considered.

Responsibilities :

• Lead the technical design, development, and implementation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems.
• Mentor and guide a scrum team in Java and Cloud Development platforms, including Spring-Boot and PCF.
• Ensure deliverables meet high standards for code quality, unit testing, and coding best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Spearhead development on Proof-of-Concept projects to establish reusable development patterns.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies and lead technology solutioning across a large team.
• Create high-level design, system design, and architecture documents, securing approvals from the architecture team.
• Independently lead and guide the team, coordinating with offshore development and testing teams as needed.
• Champion security best practices, ensuring code is vulnerability-free, reusable, flexible, and performant.
• Configure automated builds and deployments using tools like Bamboo, Jenkins, GitHub, or Travis CI.
• Write comprehensive unit test cases for all code implementations.
• Create Bamboo pipelines for CI / CD into PCF environments.
• Adhere to best development practices.
• Actively participate in and contribute to all agile ceremonies.

Must-Have Qualifications :

Preferred Skills :

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $78.00 to $86.67 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent :

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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