Lead Engineer

Role Summary

Lead Engineer (Full Stack, Finance Systems)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of integrations between billing, tax, ERP, and compliance reporting systems.
  
• Architect and guide development of full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices.
  
• Drive cloud-native adoption by designing and deploying containerized applications on Azure (AKS, PostgreSQL, Service Bus) and GCP.
  
• Implement and optimize

  event-driven architectures

  leveraging

  Solace

  for high-performance, asynchronous communication.

• Champion coding standards and CI/CD automation

  , defining best practices for pipelines and deployments.

• Drive observability adoption

  , ensuring services include robust logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting with Splunk, New Relic, and related tools.
• Ensure compliance with

  SOX, IRS, and other audit/regulatory requirements

  through robust design and controls.
• Partner with Finance, Tax, and Audit teams to deliver scalable, auditable, and high-performance solutions.
  
• Oversee production support for Oracle HCM/ERP and related Finance systems; serve as escalation point.
  
• Assign and review work for offshore contractors; ensure deliverables are timely, high quality, and aligned.
  
• Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and enforcing development standards.
  
• Engage in vendor/product evaluations and contribute to roadmap discussions.
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
  
• 6+ years

  of software engineering experience, with at least

  2+ years in a lead/mentoring role

  .

• Strong experience with

  Finance/ERP systems

  (Oracle EBS/Cloud, HCM, billing, tax).
• Hands-on development skills in

  Java, Spring Boot, Python, or similar full stack frameworks

  .
• Expertise in

  API design, microservices, and ERP integrations

  .
• Experience with

  Azure services, Kubernetes/AKS, and CI/CD pipelines

  .
• Understanding of

  financial data compliance, controls, and reporting requirements

  .
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud DevOps experience, particularly with Kubernetes.
  
• Experience with

  Vertex O Series

  or other tax engines.
• Knowledge of billing, reconciliation, and financial close processes.
  
• Cloud security/IAM exposure with role-based access control.
  
• Experience with Splunk, NewRelic, or equivalent monitoring tools.
  
• Certifications in Azure, Oracle, or cloud-native architectures.