What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Java Engineer Lead position at KUBRA?
Overview
KUBRA is in growth mode and currently seeking a back end expert to lead one of our Product Engineering teams!
As a Senior Java Software Engineer Lead, you will lead a small team of cross-functional engineers focused on building and maintaining all aspects of a specific portfolio of products. You will spend the other half of your time contributing to the code and architecture of a highly concurrent, high-throughput system on the AWS cloud.
What you get to do every day
- Lead the team(s) in achieving established goals and departmental objectives
- Contribute to the software architecture of a highly concurrent, high-throughput system
- Contribute to design of new functionality and expand existing functionality
- Work with other engineering teams via “Guilds” of functional skill sets (Back-End, Front-End, Security, QA, Agile) to develop departmental standards for those functions
- Plan, balance, and execute sprints containing bug fixes, feature requests, and new product development
- Help maintain product roadmaps for the team’s portfolio of products along with the Product Manager
- Manage a number of products and tasks using a variety of technologies
- Achieve staff results by clearly communicating job expectations, coaching, counseling, mentoring, and even disciplining employees if they fail to meet clearly communicated expectations and productivity goals
What kind of person should you be?
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills and an ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism in all communications
- Leadership and management skills – the ability to attract, retain, motivate, mentor, and develop team members to perform to their highest potential
- Project management skills – the ability to plan and manage successful projects; including managing risks, costs, time, and roadmaps
- Excellent organization, time management, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Ability to handle pressure and focus on results
What skills do you need?
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or DevOps roles
- Experience with Cloud Services is required (AWS, GCP, Azure, PCF, etc.) experience with Amazon AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, SQS…) is preferred
- 1-2 years of experience leading a team or complex projects
- Proficiency in Java is required
- Proficiency with Linux-based systems
- Proficiency in Cloud-based architectures
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes and Docker
What can you expect from us?
- Award-winning culture that fosters growth, diversity and inclusion for all
- Paid day off for your birthday
- Access to LinkedIn learning courses
- Continued education with our education reimbursement program
- Flexible schedules
- Free unlimited access to our refreshment stations (fully stocked with tea, coffee and other beverages)
- Two paid days for volunteer opportunities
KUBRA is a fast-growing company that delivers customer communications solutions to some of the largest utility, insurance, and government entities across North America. KUBRA offers billing and payments, mapping, mobile apps, proactive communications, and artificial intelligence solutions for customers. With more than 1.5 billion customer interactions annually, KUBRA services reach over 40% of households in the U.S. and Canada. KUBRA is an operating subsidiary of Hearst.
Our office is small enough to allow creative individuals to flourish, yet large enough to provide long-term stability. We place a tremendous amount of responsibility on our team members to be productive, focused and self-motivated. We offer a casual work environment, competitive compensation and a stellar benefits program.
KUBRA is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request by emailing the recruitment-team@kubra.com. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
