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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Engineer (Lead) - **Company:** Huntington National Bank - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $70,000.0 - $140,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Airflow, BigTable, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Data Flow Control, Python (Programming Language), Enterprise Messaging Systems, Cloud Services, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Data Processing, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Data Ingestion, Apache Spark, Spring-boot, Apigee, Event Driven Architecture, Data Management, Restful APIs, Microservices - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usa96cb6848559a1f0ecf14c3f6e2ae977/eaa ## About the Role * Bachelor's Degree. * 7+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, or cloud engineering experience. * Experience developing enterprise applications using Java and/or Python. * Experience building and operating enterprise data platforms for high-volume batch and streaming workloads. * Experience designing and supporting distributed systems and APIs., * Experience with cloud-native architecture and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). * Experience with data platforms leveraging Dataflow, Cloud Composer, Bigtable, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Spark. * Strong understanding of API, messaging, event-driven, and microservices architectures. * Experience evaluating technology tradeoffs and selecting appropriate solutions for business and technical requirements. * Experience with Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Apigee, and CI/CD practices. * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills. * Ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams. Preferred Technical Skills * Python, Java Scala, SQL * Dataflow, BigQuery, BigTable, Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow), Apache Spark * GCP * Spring Boot, REST APIs, Pub/Sub * Data Ingestion Frameworks * CI/CD and Automation * Observability and Monitoring Key differentiator: Demonstrated ability to evaluate and choose between cloud services, APIs, messaging platforms, event-driven solutions, and data processing technologies based on scalability, reliability, operational supportability, security, and cost considerations. ## Description The Lead Software Development Engineer provides technical and consultative support on highly complex technology initiatives. This role designs, develops, and supports cloud-native data ingestion, data processing, and enterprise data platform solutions leveraging batch, streaming, and event-driven architectures. The individual serves as a senior technical contributor, helping evaluate and implement technology solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned with enterprise standards. 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