Software Engineer

Sofware Engineer - Direct Hire Opportunity

Join our client as a Software Engineer (Java, AWS, Spring Boot, Kafka)

Are you passionate about building industry-critical software that powers real-time financial transactions? Do you thrive in collaborative environments where your coding skills directly impact the stability and efficiency of interbank payment systems? If so, this is your chance to make a difference with a forward-thinking team dedicated to transforming financial services through innovative technology.

Job Details:

Duration: Permanent Full time Employee W2 Location: Hybrid 3-4x a week onsite in Charlotte NC Pay Rate: $100,000-$120,000 Annual

Client is not able to do any sponsorship of visa now or in the future

Essential functions and responsibilities :

Design, develop, test, and maintain highly reliable software supporting real-time payment processing

Write clean and maintainable Java code compliant with client in quality standards and secure coding practices

Develop software components leveraging enterprise Java frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot

Develop Python scripts and programs as needed for data automation and integration services

Participate in the modernization of existing applications and migration toward cloud-native platforms

Develop and maintain services, APIs, application components, and automated tests

Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, troubleshooting, and engineering design activities

Apply CI/CD practices for automated building, testing, and deployment of high-quality software

Work with containerized applications and Kubernetes-based environments for component-based releases

Build applications on AWS cloud platforms using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform

Work with messaging and event-driven technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ where appropriate

Assist with monitoring, troubleshooting, defect resolution, and root-cause analysis

Follow established security, software development, testing, documentation, and change management practices

Collaborate with software engineers, architects, product teams, infrastructure teams, and operations

Use approved AI-assisted development tools to support coding, testing, documentation, and continuous quality improvements in accordance with enterprise controls

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Qualifications required :

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or related fields

Solid understanding of core software engineering concepts including object-oriented and functional programming, data structures, APIs, automated testing, and source code control.

3+ years in Java software development experience including analysis, design, development, documentation, implementation and testing of systems

Experience developing Python scripts and programs for data management and analysis

Exposure to working in AWS or another major public cloud provider and familiar with cloud-native application architectures, microservices, containers, and distributed systems

Solid understanding of CI/CD and automated software build/deployment processes

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to apply to software design, testing, and troubleshooting

Strong interest in designing and building highly available and highly reliable systems

Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and work collaboratively within an engineering team.

Ability to communicate clearly with technical teams and non-technical partners

Collaborative team player that connects with peers and across other teams

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Qualifications desired :

Familiarity with enterprise Java frameworks such as Spring and Spring Boot

Experience with Git-based development, automated testing, and CI/CD tooling

Exposure to Docker, containers, and/or Kubernetes for application deployment

Exposure to AWS cloud services, including developer training and certifications

Experience using agile development methodologies and tools such as Jira

Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and development tools such as Terraform

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