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Lead Software Engineer (Emerging Technology)

Location Chicago, Illinois, United States of America / Peoria, Illinois, United States of America
Date Posted
Contract Type Full time
Job Type Regular
Requisition ID R0000180998

Career Area:

Digital

Job Description:

This Lead Software Engineer will be part of the emerging technologies workstream to explore new technology / solution / products and influence the engineering team on alternate design options. If you have a passion to work on cutting edge and learn, explore, and validate the new features and products, this will be a perfect one!

JOB DUTIES: Responsibilities of the incumbents are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or evaluation new technology, pattern for our state-of-the-art AWS platform. This individual will also work collaboratively with other Architecture and System engineering teams to ensure cross-functional goals are met.

  • Lead role in exploring solutions across multiple system components
  • Works independently on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution and prototype the alternate solution
  • Build the prototype solutions and influence the dev teams on new pattern advantages
  • Adopt the new features in cloud / software product / Languages and share the reference pattern.
  • Translate the new technical features into business / platform capabilities
  • Optimize the existing solutions in terms of cost and performance
  • Mentor and assist software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
  • Maintains high standards of software quality by establishing good practices and habits

Basic qualifications:

  • Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • 5+ years of experience in designing and developing software applications in java and python including experience with microservices (spring boot and/or Flask)
  • 5+ years of experience building production grade services in AWS Cloud
  • 2+ years of experience in Snowflake
  • 2 years of demonstrated experience leading software engineering projects.

Top candidates will also have:

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional
  • Previous experience in technical innovation or emerging technologies team.
  • Extensive experience with AWS products (ex KDA, Kinesis, OpenSearch, Dynamo, CloudWatch, Lambda, ECS, etc…)
  • Demonstrated Technical leadership on medium to large-scale projects impacting strategic priorities.
  • Solid understanding on data engineering pipeline designs to prepare the data the ML models and other analytics use cases.
  • Ability to effectively prioritize, delegate responsibilities and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

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Visa sponsorship available for eligible applicants.

EEO/AA Employer.  All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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