Lead Java Engineer
TransUnion24 hours ago
Base Salary
$90k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support large-scale Java-based enterprise applications and global platforms.
- Lead the architecture and implementation of cloud-native, microservices-based solutions.
- Build high-volume, low-latency applications and distributed systems with stringent availability and performance objectives.
- Develop REST APIs and event-driven services for global business operations.
- Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices.
- Implement CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, and software quality practices.
- Support platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
- Apply secure coding standards, authentication, encryption, authorization, and data protection controls for regulated data.
- Use AI-assisted development tools and integrate AI-powered capabilities where appropriate.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using Java and modern software engineering practices.
- Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices architectures, RESTful APIs, and event-driven applications.
- Experience building cloud-native applications and deploying solutions on cloud platforms, with GCP preferred.
- Experience supporting mission-critical production systems, troubleshooting complex issues, and leading incident resolution.
- Experience working with highly regulated data and implementing security controls and OWASP best practices.
- Preferred experience integrating AI/LLM solutions, RAG architectures, AI agents, or AI-powered automation.
- Preferred experience with Google Cloud Spanner or other globally distributed databases and with multi-region or multi-cloud architectures.
- Knowledge of SRE, SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and operational readiness practices is preferred.
- Architecture, Cloud, Kubernetes, Security, or SRE certifications are preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring at least two days per week at an assigned TransUnion office.
- Medical, dental, vision, supplemental plans, HSA, and FSA with day-one eligibility.
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, disability coverage, legal plan, pet insurance, and travel accident coverage.
- 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, and career coaching.
- Tuition reimbursement, flexible or paid time off, 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 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.