What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Back End Engineer position at Intercontinental Exchange?
Job Purpose
We are currently looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to join our document platform team. This role involves managing critical, high-volume applications within the mortgage industry. The successful candidate will play a key part in ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our systems, which are essential for our operations. Your expertise will help us maintain and enhance our platform, supporting the needs of our clients and driving the success of our business.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting all phases of the project life cycle, including implementation, programming, testing, and software system maintenance.
- Participate in all sprint activities and ceremonies, contributing to the delivery of new features, bug fixes, security remediations, test cases, build pipelines, and other components.
- Develop high-quality, innovative, and fully functional software that adheres to coding standards and technical designs.
- Ensure code quality through design reviews, code reviews, and appropriate unit test coverage.
- Collaborate with the QA team to maintain high-quality production code.
- Support process improvements that enhance development activities.
- Analyze and resolve straightforward development issues, providing solutions based on technical standards, best practices, and established procedures.
- Work collaboratively with team members, cross-functional teams, vendors, and customers.
- Engage regularly with the team and management to address development-related issues, while identifying opportunities to improve processes and procedures.
Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or software/computer engineering, 10 years of experience
- Previous professional software engineering experience working in an Agile environment strongly preferred
- Strong Core Java programming skills
- Experience with RESTful WebServices
- AWS Services (S3, ECS, SQS, DyanmoDB, OpenSearch, Lambda, etc.)
- Database Concepts - MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server DynamoDB
- Python scripting proficiency
- Familiarity with modern software development tools and processes
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Detail oriented with strong organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to communicate and navigate effectively with internal and external customers to resolve technical issues and collaborate on new projects and integrations
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
Intercontinental Exchange is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity in its hiring and business practices. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
