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# Lead Software Engineer (Java, Spring boot, Microservices)

- **Company:** U.S. Bank
- **Location:** Cincinnati, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $126,820.0 - $149,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Web Development, PostgreSQL, Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, ReactJS, Istio, Spring-boot, Reliability of Systems, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us4cee7efde537784a2fd1a20cd26bdbad/eaa

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

 - Six to eight years of relevant experience
Preferred Skills/Experience
Strong hands on experience with Java Spring Boot
Experienced in building REST-API and Microservices from scratch
Experienced with Containerization - Docker, Kubernetes, Istio
Some experience with Open-source Streaming - Kafka
Experienced with Open-source Databases - PostgreSQL, Cassandra
ReactJS for Web-development experience - good to have
Experience with creating and maintaining CICD pipelines(DevOps) - Good to have
Experience with Cloud infrastructure - Good to have
Effective problem-solving and analytical skills
Effective communication and application design skills.

## Description

This position will be responsible for the analysis, design, testing, development and maintenance of best in class software experiences. The candidate is a self-motivated individual who can collaborate with a team and across the organization. The candidate takes responsibility of the software artifacts produced adhering to U.S. Bank standards in order to ensure minimal impact to the customer experience. The candidate will be adept with the agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.
Essential Responsibilities:

 - Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
 - Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
 - Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs
 - Performs analysis on failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements
 - Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront
 - Takes feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards
 - Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
 - Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
 - Exhibits relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards
 - Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank's technology transformation
 - Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
 - Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation


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