• Lead Engineer, Applications Development

    Raymond James Financial, Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL)


    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 reuse of existing code.

     

    Leads assigned projects, including assigning tasks, coordinating efforts, and monitoring performance across cross-functional teams and multiple sites.

     

    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 system testing and validation procedures, programming and documentation.

     

    Provides technical advice/expertise and assists in solving programming problems.

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

    Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

     

    **REQUIREMENTS:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or related.

     

    Five (5) years in any occupation with development or related experience.

     

    Five (5) years in any occupation with development or related experience must include: Experience designing, developing and maintaining enterprise grade software; Java/J2EE, Spring, RESTful API, SOAP Services, SpringBoot, Spring Framework, JPA/Hibernate, and Microservices; Object-Oriented Design Principles, Data Structures, Algorithms, SQL/NoSQL Software Engineering; Code optimization and tuning; Experience translating requirements into low-level technical design; Testing frameworks including JUnit and Mockito; Design and implementation for reliability, availability, scalability, and performance; Software engineering tools and best practices; Waterfall and Agile SDMs; CI/CD, Devops procedures for building/deploying applications; Enterprise Integration Patterns and Frameworks; and Cloud concepts and implementation.

     

    **SALARY** : $149,000 per year