Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Java, Angular, AWS)

Discover Financial
Chicago
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 209,000 - 238,500 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Mentoring","Collaboration","Leadership","Staying current with tech trends","Experimentation"]

Lead a portfolio of full-stack engineering projects and a team of developers to build cloud-native, high-performance platforms. Drive technical modernization for critical financial infrastructure, helping ensure secure spending, regulatory-aligned solutions, and low-latency performance at massive scale. Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based experiences, leveraging Java/JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services like Lambda and Fargate.

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Discover Financial
Discover Financial
1 month ago

Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Java, Angular, AWS)

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Job Summary

Lead a portfolio of full-stack engineering projects and a team of developers to build cloud-native, high-performance platforms. Drive technical modernization for critical financial infrastructure, helping ensure secure spending, regulatory-aligned solutions, and low-latency performance at massive scale. Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based experiences, leveraging Java/JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services like Lambda and Fargate.
Location: Chicago
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team of developers building full stack and distributed microservices solutions
  • •Drive technical modernization of cloud-native platforms for secure, low-latency financial infrastructure
  • •Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions that enable financial empowerment
  • •Stay on top of technology trends, experiment with new technologies, and mentor other engineering community members
  • •Use a modern stack across programming languages and cloud/container technologies, including code evaluation and occasional hands-on coding

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 209,000 - 238,500 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree
  • •At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (internship experience does not apply)
  • •At least 1 year experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • •9+ years of experience with at least one of: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, or Go
  • •1+ years of people management experience
Experience:6+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:MentoringCollaborationLeadershipStaying current with tech trendsExperimentation
Tech Stack:JavaJavaScriptTypeScriptHTML/CSSSQLPythonGoAWSLambdaFargateDockerKubernetesMicroservicesAgileOpen sourceRDBMSNoSQLCloud-native

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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