Technical Lead Java Developer

R-22597 Technical Lead Java Developer

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team's expertise in human insights and cloud technology, allows companies and employees around the world to transform and thrive.

With a competitive total rewards package, continuing education and training and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team. Because transformation takes a workforce. Learn more at careers.alight.com

What You'll Do:

• The Tech Lead is a specialist in the at least one area and provides technical leadership during the agile development process.
• The Tech Lead role is responsible for overseeing the design for large and complex technical solutions and defining the product-level technology strategy keeping the focus on business and non-functional requirements, such as scalability, performance, load time etc.
• The Tech lead will use their technical knowledge to complete system designs that are functional, efficient, and work across platforms.
• They lead the developers on the team by helping them understand the stories/features, reviewing code, and using their overall knowledge of the system architecture for their area of expertise.
• Will build and maintain complex systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in specific sets of technical domains, and can quickly develop proficiency in other areas, as the business requires.
• Provide any level of technical support necessary on complex projects or projects involving new technology.
• Leverages knowledge to research and prototype innovative approaches to problem solving, reducing technical costs, and keeping their divisions technology current, relevant, and marketable.
• Works with the Product Team to understand the project's vision and requirements and contribute to the refining of the requirements based on technical constraints.
• Contributes to building the roadmap/release plan for that product/project area.
• Assigns story points using criteria such as requirements uncertainty, project risks, system impact and complexity.
• Runs the estimating portion of sprint planning meetings - helps the development team determine the tasks that need to be done to complete the prioritized stories.
• May facilitate daily scrum meetings with the development team to assess progress and helps to remove risks/issues outside of the meeting.
• May facilitate the sprint retrospective meetings to gather feedback and then leads improvement actions in future sprints.
• Takes responsibility for defining and communicating a multi-faceted system design.
• Supports the Development Team throughout the design and development cycle, helping them to design, code, test, debug, and document within programs appropriately.
• Engages in high-level discussions and correspondence with non-technical Business and Domain experts focusing on formulation of candidate solutions.
• Able to exchange complex ideas in an understandable way, while demonstrating a clear understanding of the problem.
• Builds strong relationships with client level and IS-level Operations teams and often acts as liaison between the teams.

What We offer:

• The opportunity to work with latest technology stacks in the industry
• An environment of inclusive to diversity of thought
• Work Virtually
• Employee Appreciation Programs
• Wellness Program
• Healthcare Insurance
• Vacation / Paid Time Off
• Performance Bonus
• Paid Sick Days
• 401(K) Plan,
• Employee Development Plans
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Resource Groups & Diversity Programs

What you'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree (with preferred concentrations in Math, Actuarial Science, Finance, Computer Science, Economics, MIS, Engineering) or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum Experience of at least 5 years in designing complex technical solutions.
• Minimum Experience of at least 3 years with the Java Programming Language
• Demonstrated experience with AWS, Spring/SpringBoot, Kafka, MongoDB.

What We Would Like:

• Java Certification
• AWS Certification

**US Citizenship requirements- as this role supports services provided to the federal government and/or a federal government contractor, proof will be required to verify US citizenship status at time of hire.**

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Alight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we're committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve

As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement.

Diversity Policy Statement

Alight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the United States

Applicants for employment in the United States must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Pay Transparency Statement: Alight takes into consideration a candidate's experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography when determining an offer for a successful employment candidate, and Alight does so on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Therefore, an offer may fall anywhere between the estimated minimum base salary for this role of $82,200.00/year (for full time employees) and the estimated maximum base salary for this role of $143,100.00/year (for full time employees). In addition to a base salary, this position may be eligible for a bonus and/or other incentive plans. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: https://careers.alight.com/us/en/alight-us-benefits-2023

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.