Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PNC is a financial services company that values its people as its greatest competitive advantage. The Software Engineer Lead will be responsible for leading the design and development of software solutions, providing technical guidance, and ensuring the implementation of modern software principles.

Responsibilities

• Creates and leads the technical design and development of software solutions
• Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs. Prepares technical and procedural documentation required
• Facilitates complex problem resolution
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues. Reviews coding, testing, and documentation of software
• Applies modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities

Skills

• Strong proficiency in Java, with hands-on experience in Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST, and Microservices
• Solid understanding of software architecture, microservices, and event-driven design patterns
• Experience designing and developing solutions using core Java, SQL (MySQL), and ActiveMQ, Kafka
• Hands-on expertise in authentication & authorization systems, API frameworks (REST, GraphQL) and persistence stores
• Proficiency in database design and optimization, including both relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases
• Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience
• In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered
• Bachelors
• Experience working with Elastic-Search and Redis is a plus
• Strong knowledge of performance tuning, application security, and scalability best practices
• Experience with modern software development methodologies, (SAFe preferred)
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks like React is a plus
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Openshift, Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and platforms(Bitbucket, Jenkins, etc.)
• Experience using IntelliJ, Gradle, and writing JUnit test cases

Benefits

• Medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
• Dental and vision options
• Employee and spouse/child life insurance
• Short and long-term disability protection
• 401(k) with PNC match
• Pension and stock purchase plans
• Dependent care reimbursement account
• Back-up child/elder care
• Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
• Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
• A robust wellness program with financial incentives
• Maternity and/or parental leave
• Up to 11 paid holidays each year
• 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
• Between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level and years of service

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