Software Engineering, VP

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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups. Across the globe, we're 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world's most trusted financial group, it's part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our dynamic team in the Transaction Banking Technology space. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience working across multiple software platforms and implementing SaaS solutions. This role involves contributing to the design, development, and integration of enterprise systems across various initiatives.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical proficiency, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to delivering scalable and high-availability solutions. You will work closely with global cross-functional teams to ensure seamless system integration and platform reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical planning, architectural decisions, and performance tuning for mission-critical systems with measurable efficiency gains (e.g., 20x improvement in processing speed).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements, scope, and objectives.
• Oversee the delivery of software projects, ensuring they are completed on time and within scope.
• Supervise engineering teams working on Java-based web and enterprise applications, ensuring adherence to development best practices, code quality, and test coverage.
• Champion system upgrades, service reliability, and platform scalability across legacy and modern architectures using technologies like Spring Boot, Kafka, and IBM MQ.
• Monitor system performance using Splunk, SonarQube, and drive incident resolution and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement SaaS solutions, driving the adoption of best practices and ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• 10+ years of software engineering experience across enterprise systems.
• Proven expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and SQL, with additional experience in REST API, , JavaScript, and Docker.
• Experience leading Agile DevOps teams as Tech Lead and Scrum Master with ability to manage concurrent projects.
• Strong background in enterprise application development, including backend API design, microservices, and database architecture.
• Demonstrated success in optimizing system performance.
• Skilled in cloud-based development and hybrid infrastructure.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring teams and delivering high-impact solutions.
• Adept at cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder engagement, and incident resolution.
• Experience in adapting to evolving requirements and driving product innovation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience

MUFG Benefits Summary

The typical base pay range for this role is between $134K - $182K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.