Lead Engineer, Applications Development

Job Description Summary

Job Description

DUTIES                        

• Analyzes complex system requirements, including identifying program interactions and appropriate interfaces between impacted components and sub systems.

• Makes recommendations towards the development of new code or to reuse of existing code.

• Leads or participates in assigned projects, including assigning tasks, coordinating efforts, and monitoring performance.

• May recommend new technologies and methodologies to management for meeting business needs, resolving problems and exploiting opportunities. Remains current with new technologies.

• Obtains and evaluates information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.

• Participates in software system testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation.

• Provides technical advice and assists in solving programming problems.

• Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including output requirements and flow charts.

• Assists in preparing project plans using project management tools.

• Reviews test results; documents test activities, and records remedial actions.

• Ensures proper analysis of problems and programming approaches to prevent rework and schedule slippage.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Information Technology, or related.

• Seven (7) years in any occupation with development, engineering, or related experience.

• Seven (7) years in any occupation with development, engineering, or related experience must include: Distributed Architectures, OO, Distributed Caching and Messaging paradigms; Microservices architecture; Oracle database (creating DDL and writing/tuning SQL queries)

• Experience writing clean, scalable code using good architectural patterns

• Java programming language with the following technologies/frameworks: Spring, Spring Data, Spring Boot, AspectJ, Spring JDBC templates, Spring caching, Spring Scheduler, JAX-RS, JMS, web based application servers;

• TDD: Unit tests and Integration tests using Junit and Mockito; DevOps & collaboration tools: Jenkins, GIT, Jira or TFS, and SonarQube;

• Architecture styles/APIs/Protocols (REST, SOAP)

• Experience in the following areas: enterprise implementation, leadership experience, strategic planning, application development, change management.

SALARY:  $145,642 per year

Education

Work Experience

Certifications

Travel

Less than 25%

Workstyle

Hybrid

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view. 

We expect our associates at all levels to:
•  Grow professionally and inspire others to do the same
•  Work with and through others to achieve desired outcomes
•  Make prompt, pragmatic choices and act with the client in mind
•  Take ownership and hold themselves and others accountable for delivering results that matter
•  Contribute to the continuous evolution of the firm

At Raymond James – as part of our people-first culture, we honor, value, and respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates.  When associates bring their best authentic selves, our organization, clients, and communities thrive. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.