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Job Overview

The Full Stack Engineering Lead (C13) is a senior technical leadership role responsible for the architecture, design, and end-to-end development of critical, high-performance enterprise applications. This role requires an experienced engineering leader who can bridge the gap between modern, responsive front-end user interfaces and robust, scalable back-end distributed microservices.

As a C13 Technical Lead, you will drive technical excellence across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), mentor engineering teams, establish coding and architectural standards, and implement automated CI/CD deployment pipelines within a fast-paced, Agile delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Solution Architecture

• Architectural Strategy: Design resilient, scalable, and secure full-stack enterprise solutions aligning with modern microservices architectures and cloud-native patterns.

• Technical Governance: Drive code quality, code reviews, design patterns, and engineering best practices across front-end and back-end workstreams.

• Framework Modernization: Evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to modernize existing legacy systems and accelerate digital transformation.

2. Full Stack Application Engineering

• Front-End Development: Lead UI/UX implementation using modern web technologies (Angular 14+ / React 18+, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, State Management like NgRx/Redux, Webpack/Vite).

• Back-End & Microservices: Develop high-throughput, low-latency RESTful APIs and distributed services using Core Java (Java 17/21), Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Spring Data JPA).

• Database Architecture: Design relational database schemas, write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and packages (Oracle DB, PL/SQL), and perform database performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization.

3. CI/CD & DevOps Automation

• Pipeline Delivery: Design and implement robust automated Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Package and deploy applications using Docker and deploy to container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift.

• Quality & Security Automation: Integrate static code analysis (SonarQube), open-source scanning, dynamic security testing, and automated artifact publishing (Artifactory / Nexus) directly into CI/CD gates.

4. Agile Delivery & Team Mentorship

• Agile Leadership: Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, and QA engineers to define technical user stories, estimate delivery velocity, and manage sprint backlogs.

• Team Development: Provide hands-on mentorship, technical guidance, and career coaching to mid-level and junior engineers.

• Production Support & Operational Resilience: Drive incident resolution, root cause analysis (RCA), observability (using tools like Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, or Loki), and maintain high system uptime and disaster recovery readiness.

Technical Skills & Competencies

Front-End

• Strong expertise in Angular (v12+) or React.js (v16+)
• Advanced TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, SCSS/CSS3
• State management libraries (NgRx, RxJS, Redux, Zustand)
• UI Component Libraries & Responsive Design (Material UI, Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

Back-End

• Deep hands-on experience with Java (Java 11/17/21) and Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security)
• RESTful API architecture and design (OpenAPI/Swagger specs)
• Event-driven messaging / asynchronous processing (Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, or RabbitMQ)

Database

• Proficient in Oracle Database 19c+ & PL/SQL (Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views, Functions)
• ORM frameworks (Hibernate, Spring Data JPA, MyBatis)
• SQL execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and performance tuning

DevOps & CI/CD

• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline authoring (Jenkins, Tekton, Harness, GitHub Actions)
• Build & dependency tools (Maven, Gradle, npm, yarn)
• Containerization & orchestration (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift)
• Version control: Git / GitHub / Bitbucket (branching strategies, PR workflows)

Testing & Quality

• Automated unit and integration testing (JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers)
• Front-end testing frameworks (Jest, Jasmine, Karma, Cypress, Playwright)
• Code quality gates (SonarQube, Checkmarx, Snyk)

Experience & Leadership Profile

• Total Experience: 10+ years of software development experience with at least 3+ years in a Technical Lead or Senior Full Stack Engineer capacity.

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Financial Services / Enterprise Experience: Prior experience in banking, financial services, wealth management, or highly regulated enterprise environments is strongly preferred.

• Problem Solving & Communication: Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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