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

Discover Financial
Chicago
Full timeUSD 209,000 - 238,500 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Mentoring","Collaboration","Experimentation","Learning","Code evaluation"]

Lead a portfolio of software projects and a team building distributed microservices and full-stack systems for the Card Partnerships Acquisitions team. Drive modern user experiences and backend services supporting credit card submission, orchestration, decisioning, provisioning, and usage. Partner with digital product managers to design, architect, deploy, and support cloud-based solutions, while applying emerging GenAI capabilities (LLMs, RAG, vector databases) to accelerate engineering transformation. Mentor and stay current with new technologies.

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Discover Financial
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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Go/Java, Angular, AWS)

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Job Summary

Lead a portfolio of software projects and a team building distributed microservices and full-stack systems for the Card Partnerships Acquisitions team. Drive modern user experiences and backend services supporting credit card submission, orchestration, decisioning, provisioning, and usage. Partner with digital product managers to design, architect, deploy, and support cloud-based solutions, while applying emerging GenAI capabilities (LLMs, RAG, vector databases) to accelerate engineering transformation. Mentor and stay current with new technologies.
Location: Chicago
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead a portfolio of technology projects and a team to create distributed microservices and full-stack solutions that meet regulatory needs.
  • •Stay current on tech trends, experiment with new technologies, participate in engineering communities, and mentor other members.
  • •Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver design, architecture, and deployment of robust cloud-based solutions.
  • •Use programming languages and databases (JavaScript/Java/TypeScript/SQL/Python/Go; RDBMS/NoSQL) and container orchestration (Docker) with AWS services.
  • •Apply emerging generative AI technologies including LLMs, RAG architectures, and vector databases to enhance product capabilities and engineering efficiency.

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)
  • •4+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or another cloud service
  • •1+ year experience with people management
Experience:6+ yearsCredit cardsMicroservicesCloud computing
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:MentoringCollaborationExperimentationLearningCode evaluation
Tech Stack:JavaScriptJavaTypeScriptSQLPythonGoDockerAWSOpen SourceRDBMSNoSQLLarge Language Models (LLMs)RAGVector databasesClaude CodeAzureGoogle CloudGCPAgile

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

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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