Lead Software Engineer - Java 7+ / Spring Boot

Job Posting:

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce. Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.

We have a great opportunity for a versatile Lead Java Developer to join our amazing team at Ferguson Technology. If you're passionate about driving business through IT services, engineering technology, and being part of a team that directly impacts company growth, then you're in the right place. As a lead developer, you'll get to dive into a variety of exciting responsibilities, from developing REST/SOAP API’s and services to managing software incidents and implementing Ferguson architectural and coding standards across the team. If you're someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values teamwork, and has strong leadership skills, we'd love for you to apply for this opportunity. For more details, take a look at the job description below. We can't wait to hear from you!

** This role is approved to be fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States. **

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting sophisticated problems and providing solutions to overcome those problems using the latest in-house technologies.

• Developing integration architecture patterns, build strategic patterns and components for reusability by following SOLID principles.

• Provide leadership, direction, set goals, and ensure the team meets its objectives. This includes managing workloads, delegating tasks, and fostering a collaborative environment.

• Collaborate internally and across departments with peers to deliver products/solutions that align with Ferguson’s strategic vision.

• Responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, Code review, integration testing, deployment, and documentation.

• End-to-end ownership of solutions, ensure accuracy and completeness of solution by having recurring checkpoints/audit loops with technical implementation teams.

• Provide technical leadership on sophisticated projects and as needed will be an escalation point on production outages.

• Responsible for design and code reviews. This includes approval of performance testing results.

• Review team practices to identify areas of improvement and gaps preventing the team from working at peak efficiency.

• Work with vendors to resolve 3rd-level support issues.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in a computer-related or Business-related field or relevant work experience is typically required to perform at expectation.

• At least 7+ years of professional IT experience, with at least 4 years of hands-on implementation experience leading high-stakes, complex IT projects.

• Expert-level experience developing JAVA services in an enterprise environment.

• 6+ years of Java development (JAVA 7+).

• 4+ years of Spring Boot.

• 4+ years of MongoDB/Relational DB.

• Expert with IntelliJ and/or Eclipse, Maven, GIT/GitHub & BitBucket.

• 5+ years developing OpenAPI spec for synchronous/asynchronous services that deliver responses in both JSON and XML via application gateway and service mesh as applicable.

• 5+ years of hands-on knowledge and experience in Azure Platform will be a plus - JMS (Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid), AKS, Azure Functions, Blob Storage, etc …

• 5+ years working with APM and log aggregation frameworks (As an example but not limited to the following: DataDog, AppDynamics, Azure Log Analytics).

• 4+ years of detailed understanding of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

• Working knowledge of Linux and bash scripting.

• Must be self-motivated, creative, and efficient in identifying issues with strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail. Proactive c