Lead Software Engineer

• Conduct technical reviews of designs, code, and documentation to ensure quality and compliance.
• Develop and maintain clear and concise technical documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and user manuals.
• Ensure proper documentation and achieving of all work.

Required Education & Experience (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities):

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer and Information Systems. Additional 2 years of relevant experience can be considered in lieu of degree
• Minimum certifications (if applicable): N/A
• Minimum direct years of experience: 5+
• Minimum required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
• 5+ years of relevant IT Engineering leadership experience.
• Proven experience in leading and mentoring software engineering and applications teams.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis, custom reporting, and working directly with the underlying data structures - particularly useful for audit support, regulatory reporting, and ad hoc member data queries.
• Must adhere to the work schedule and attendance policy established by the manager.
• Must be able to confidently interact with technical, non-technical, and management staff.
• Proven ability to not only build technology solutions but explain your solution architecture and technology choices to enterprise Architects and senior leadership.
• Experience assessing and managing technology and cyber security risks related to application, network, and infrastructure.
• Performs code reviews, code merges, and design reviews with peers.
• Proficient in version control using GitHub or equivalent.
• Perform review and refinement of the product backlog and assist with their prioritization.
• Stay up to date on the latest industry trends and technical advancements.
• Serves as on-call responder for software the team supports.
• Collaborative and team player attitude with excellent communication skills both written and oral.
• Must have strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Specific Skillset required for Corelation Developer
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, JSON, XML, REST and SOAP APIs.
• Familiarity with credit union operations and core system concepts (shares, loans, ACH, GL, etc.)
• Hands-on Corelation KeyStone development experience specifically batch scripting CDR/interface development, or report development depending on your team's focus areas.
• Experience with APIs for third-party integrations, including building and consuming APIs to connect Keystone with external systems and fintech partners.

Preferred Education & Experience (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities):

• Preferred education: Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Computer and Information Systems.
• Preferred certifications: N/A
• Preferred direct years of experience:5+
• Preferred required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
• Proficient and dedicated to writing reliable, testable, maintainable, and performant code.
• Experience working in large, enterprise level programs/projects, preferably with a background in Financial Services.
• Ability to effectively coach and mentor more junior engineers.
• Strong experience working between multiple projects simultaneously, with varied degrees of complexity and duration.
• Ability to not only build technology solutions but explain your solution architecture and technology choices to enterprise Architects and senior leadership.
• Proven ability to define and solve complex business problems, leveraging best in class technical solutions.
• Experience developing for high availability and scalability.
• Practical experience working with relational databases and large data sets.

Job Environment & Physical Requirements:

• Hybrid position with expectations to attend meetings and training in person as required.
• Sitting for prolonged periods of time
• Telephone for prolonged periods of time
• Computer for prolonged periods of time

SECU provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law.

Disclaimer

State Employees' Credit Union reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower level based on business need.