Distinguished Engineer - Java (API/Software Development/Microservices)

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Distinguished Engineer - .Java (API/Software Development/Microservices) - Hybrid 

Position Description 
 
Our Distinguished Engineer works with our Engineers to innovate and build new systems, improve and enhance existing systems and identify new opportunities to apply your knowledge to solve critical problems. You will lead the strategy and execution of a technical roadmap modernizing our servicing organization including large scale modernization working on system and data migration. The ideal candidate is a self-starter that has deep technical expertise in their domain. 
 
Position Responsibilities 
 
As a Distinguished Engineer, you will: 

• Provide technical leadership to multiple areas and provide technical and thought leadership to the enterprise 

• Collaborate across teams and the tech organization to solve our toughest problems 

• Deliver high-scale and high-quality data architecture, especially legacy-to-modern platform transitions. 

• Deliver High-Quality services and software for a variety of domains 

• Accountable for the quality, usability, and performance of the solutions 

• Utilize your expertise in designing and developing API’s and microservices using graphQL, gRPC,  Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of API driven system migration 

• Utilize programming languages like Java, C#, or other object-oriented languages, SQL, and NoSQL databases. 

• Deploy applications in a hybrid cloud environment utilizing Kubernetes, various data stores, and a variety of cloud native tools and services 

• Be a role model and mentor, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our engineering and product community. Influence and educate executives 

Qualifications 
 

• Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap 

• Experience leading and building the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems 

• Deep knowledge of ETL, SQL, bitemporal data modeling and temporal databases.  

• Experience with API-based migration  

• Experience with shadow mode, dual-write, and deconversion strategies.  

• Strong understanding of data observability, traceability, and multi-faceted testing  

• Proven expertise in designing and developing microservices using graphQL, gRPC,  Java, Python, Kafka, with a deep understanding of both API and event-driven architectures.  

• Proven experience designing and delivering highly-resilient