Lead Software Engineer - Java/Spring Boot/Kafka

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and development of end‑to‑end application features across backend services (Java 21) and frontend applications (Angular).
• Own architecture decisions spanning APIs UI state management performance security and scalability.
• Establish and enforce coding standards design patterns and best practices across both backend and frontend stacks.

Backend Responsibilities (Java)

• Design and implement backend services using Java (17/21+) Spring Boot and related Spring frameworks.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations consumed by Angular frontends.
• Lead backend architecture using microservices event‑driven designs and cloud‑native patterns.

Frontend Responsibilities (Angular)

• Lead development of frontend applications using Angular TypeScript RxJS and modern component‑based architecture.
• Design responsive accessible and performant UI components aligned with UX and product requirements.
• Define frontend architecture including state management routing lazy loading and API consumption.

Quality Testing & Reliability

• Promote automated testing across the stack including:
• Backend: unit integration and contract tests (JUnit Mockito).
• Frontend: unit and component tests (Jasmine Karma Jest).
• Champion observability using structured logging metrics and tracing across frontend and backend.
• Ensure applications are secure resilient and production‑ready with proper validation error handling and monitoring.

DevOps & Deployment Collaboration

• Support CI/CD pipelines for both UI and backend components.
• Partner with DevOps on Docker/Kubernetes deployments environment configuration and release processes.
• Ensure frontend and backend artifacts are versioned deployed and monitored consistently.
• Participate in production support incident reviews and reliability improvements.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor engineers across frontend and backend disciplines promoting full‑stack skill growth.
• Lead technical design reviews and code reviews across Java and Angular codebases.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and establish best practices for full‑stack development.
• Support hiring and onboarding of full‑stack engineers through interviews and guidance.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product managers UX designers QA and platform teams.
• Drive sprint planning estimation and timely delivery of full‑stack features.
• Communicate technical decisions risks and trade‑offs clearly to stakeholders.
• Balance hands‑on development with leadership responsibilities.

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• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge skills and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills competencies work experience education and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

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