Lead Software Engineer – Digital Banking Systems

About the role

A bank is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to design, build and support digital banking systems that are stable, secure and reliable. The role covers new feature development, architecture decisions, integration work and mentoring team members.

Key responsibilities

• Design and develop new features and services using Java, Go or Python, and integrate internal systems with external platforms
• Take responsibility for features from technical design through testing, production deployment and support
• Review code, ensure quality, security and maintainability, and mentor team members
• Investigate and fix critical incidents, performance problems and production issues
• Coordinate tasks and prepare technical documentation such as API specifications, system diagrams and architecture decisions
• Work with product managers, business analysts, architects, QA, DevOps and security teams

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer engineering or a related field
• At least 3 years of experience developing software
• Experience designing microservices and distributed systems, and strong SQL
• Strong analytical thinking, mentoring ability and accountability for results
• Preferred: fintech or payment systems experience, and English and Russian

Required skills

• Java 8+ and the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, Spring Cloud); Java 17+ preferred
• Go or Python (optional)
• REST APIs, Kafka or RabbitMQ, Redis, OAuth 2.0, JWT and OWASP security principles
• Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes and automated testing