Lead, Full Stack Engineer
TransUnion3 days ago
Base Salary
$90k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical design and hands-on development of customer-facing web applications, Java backend services, microservices, and RESTful APIs.
- Translate business and technical requirements into application designs and drive projects from design through implementation.
- Write code, review code, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and promote software-engineering best practices.
- Build and support full-stack solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Oracle/SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and related technologies.
- Investigate production issues, troubleshoot front-end and backend components, identify root causes, and collaborate with production-support teams.
- Coordinate software releases and technical changes across teams in different geographies and time zones.
- Participate in Agile planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, code reviews, unit testing, integration testing, and continuous improvement.
- Apply AI and Generative AI to improve code quality, reduce defects, automate engineering activities, and increase development efficiency.
- Explore LLMs, RAG, AI-powered search, and other AI-enabled capabilities for production applications.
- Promote responsible AI-assisted development and mentor engineers on practical AI use cases.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of software-development experience, including at least 8 years of hands-on experience with Java and the Spring ecosystem.
- Demonstrated production experience building full-stack web applications, backend services, microservices, and RESTful APIs.
- Experience leading technical projects, producing detailed application designs, conducting code reviews, and mentoring engineers.
- Experience supporting production applications, investigating technical issues, troubleshooting front-end and backend components, and collaborating with production-support teams.
- Practical experience applying AI or Generative AI to software development, testing, defect reduction, troubleshooting, documentation, or engineering productivity.
- Advanced experience with Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Hibernate, microservices, RESTful APIs/Web Services, and SOAP/REST integration.
- Full-stack experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and jQuery.
- Experience with Oracle Database, SQL programming, relational database design, data structures and algorithms, system design, JSON, YAML, and JUnit-based testing.
- Development and production-support experience with Git, Maven, Jenkins, Splunk, Grafana, SonarQube, Linux/Unix, and shell scripting.
- Working knowledge of LLMs, Prompt Engineering, RAG, AI-powered search, and AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, or ChatGPT.
- Preferred experience with React, Docker, WildFly, WebLogic, LiveSite, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, AI-powered customer experiences, and security, governance, privacy, and responsible AI practices.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with regular virtual work and in-person work at an assigned TU office for a minimum of two days per week.
- Day-one eligibility for medical, dental, and vision coverage, with HSA and FSA options.
- Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, disability coverage, and optional life, legal, pet, and travel accident insurance.
- Adoption assistance, fertility planning coverage, caregiver support, Dependent Care FSA, Care@Work membership, and up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial wellness resources, career coaching, and optional long-term care insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement, flexible or paid time off depending on employee classification, up to 12 paid holidays, commuter benefits, employee discounts, charitable gift matching, and paid volunteer time off.
- 24/7 access to therapy, coaching, emotional well-being programs, guided meditation, and physical, mental, social, and financial wellness resources.
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About TransUnion
TransUnion is a global credit bureau and information-services company that provides credit data, identity verification, fraud prevention, and risk analytics to businesses and consumers. It sells data, APIs, and decisioning software used by lenders, insurers, telecoms, and other regulated industries, and offers consumer credit reports and monitoring. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Chicago, it operates in more than 30 countries and is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker TRU.