Staff Engineer Backend

Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We gather, analyze and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done. Our 17,800 people in 45 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

Job Description

Experian is looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer that can thrive in fast paced agile environment, developing  and delivering innovative direct to customer products on a cloud native java platform.  You will be working closely with other developers using cutting-edge technologies and you will be a key player in designing and implementing product features. This is a highly technical role requiring excellent coding skills.

Responsibilities:

• Hands-On active contribution as a leading member of software engineering teams focused on building API based systems delivering highly secure, efficient and robust solutions in an aggressive timeframe. 
• Develop highly scalable and reliable systems supporting consumer and data centric products and services on an AWS cloud-based platform 
• Integrate 3rd Party and Internal API, async, and file-based services utilizing CSV, JSON, or XML data
• Contribute to deliverables from ideation thru testing/validation and production operationalization     
• Drive design/architecture and collaborate with other team members 
• Diligently observe and maintain Standards for Regulatory Compliance and Information Security
• Without fail deliver and maintain accurate, complete and current documentation 

• 10+ years of software development experience building and testing applications with secure coding practices including some experience leading development efforts or contributing to architecture
• Currently hands-on collaboration on a team developing significant commercial software project in cloud native Java
• Proven proficiency developing in server-side Java and/or Netty applications using mainstream frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Reactor-Core. 
• Current cloud technology experience, preferably AWS (Kubernetes, Fargate, S3, MKS, Lambda, etc) 
• A current working understanding of microservices, event driven techniques, and data pipelines
• A strong proven proficiency in SQL and NoSQL based data access and management
• Familiarity with async messaging, logging or queues, such as Kafka, NATS, SQS, RabbitMQ.
• Recent experience managing PII/secure/sensiive data
• Demonstrable familiarity with CI/CD process, testing frameworks and practices (CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CLI, etc.) 
• Strong understanding of best design and software engineering practices, design principles and patterns and unit testing.
• Proficiency in developing easily monitored at the system and business operations level
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment, with ability and willingness to adapt to various technologies and simultaneously work on multiple projects  

Additional Preferred Experience

• Experience building systems for financial services or tightly regulated businesses
• Some experience in Mass-market retail online consumer product
• Security and privacy compliance (GPDR, CCPA, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA, etc.) experience a plus

• We are looking for someone who:
• Is a consultative business professional
• Is confident, clear, certain and consistent
• Is able to work alongside a sales team managing multiple opportunities concurrently
• Passionate, resourceful, gracious and adaptable
• High moral standards, honesty and an ethical approach to doing business
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and ability to see the big-picture & develop conceptual solutions
• Candidates that have prior relevant work experience, excel in ambiguous situations, and possess a passion for helping companies become more competitive
•  Business acumen combined with a comfort with technology is a must

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