Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack

Discover Financial
Plano, Houston
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 229,900 - 262,400 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Mentoring","Collaboration","Staying current with tech trends","Experimenting","Solving complex problems"]

Lead a portfolio of software projects and a team of developers for critical payment infrastructure within the Pulse Network. Build and modernize distributed microservices and full-stack systems to support regulatory needs, fraud detection, settlement, and back-office solutions. Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based experiences for millions of customers, using JavaScript/Java/TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, and AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes while mentoring and evaluating code.

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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack

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Job Summary

Lead a portfolio of software projects and a team of developers for critical payment infrastructure within the Pulse Network. Build and modernize distributed microservices and full-stack systems to support regulatory needs, fraud detection, settlement, and back-office solutions. Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver cloud-based experiences for millions of customers, using JavaScript/Java/TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, and AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes while mentoring and evaluating code.
Location: Plano, Houston
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 to build full-stack and distributed microservices solutions.
  • •Experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in technology communities, and mentor engineering peers.
  • •Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions.
  • •Use programming languages and technologies to develop payment systems across the Pulse Network.
  • •Support regulatory needs through scalable, highly available engineering delivery.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 229,900 - 262,400 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree
  • •At least 6 years of experience in software engineering (internship experience does not apply)
  • •At least 1 year of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
  • •9+ years of experience in at least one of: JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, or Go
  • •People management experience (1+ years)
Experience:6+ yearsDistributed microservicesFull stack systemsCloud computingOpen sourceAgile
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:MentoringCollaborationStaying current with tech trendsExperimentingSolving complex problems
Tech Stack:JavaScriptJavaHTML/CSSTypeScriptSQLPythonGoDockerKubernetesAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudNoSQLRDBMSOpen sourceAgileAI tooling

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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