Hiring: Lead Software Engineer Company: Transamerica Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:49:35 Employment Type: Contract / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Agile, Angular, Apache, Bitbucket, CI/CD, CSS, Cassandra, Cosmos DB, Data Warehouse, Docker, DynamoDB, EC2, ECS, ETL, Entity Framework, Git, HTML, Java, Jenkins, Kafka, Kinesis, Kubernetes, MVC, Machine Learning, Maven, Microservices, OpenShift, REST, React, S3, SQL, Spring, Spring Boot, Swagger, Vue About the job Required Skills: •Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners in an agile environment. •Code, test, identify, implement, and document solutions to business challenges utilizing web and cloud technologies. •Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead large team design sessions for system level architecture solutions. •Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies; mentor other team members in design/coding standards. •Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts. •Lead analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions. •Participate on committees or projects to help define organization-wide standards, processes, and guidelines. •Utilize third-party software development frameworks, open-source libraries, and APIs to rapidly develop basic application solutions. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience •Five years of Core Java •Expertise in coding platforms/frameworks (e.g. JAVA, OOD, OOP, Functional Programming, Spring Framework, J2EE Development, OOP, Service Oriented Architecture, Dependency Injection, and Core Architecture) •Three years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies (e.g. RDBMS, Document, Star Schema, Kimball Model) •Understanding of NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MS Cosmos DB, Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB) •Four year of development experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS) utilizing various support tools (e.g. EC2, ECS, S3, Kinesis, VMs, Blob, Cosmos, Data Factory, SQL Data warehouse, ARM Templates, Event Hubs) •Three years of experience with integration and service frameworks (e.g. API Gateways, Apache Camel, Swagger API, Zookeeper, Kafka, messaging tools, microservices) •Operational familiarity with modern frontend development frameworks (Angular, React, Vue.js, HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS) •Advanced understanding of software development and research tools •Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus Compensation: •$111,000 - $140,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!