Software Engineering Lead - Wealth Management
hace 3 días
Jersey City
Senior Java Full Stack Product Engineer – AWS \n NEW JERSEY \n Contract \n \n 12+ years of relevant experience in Java engineering, cloud technologies, product ownership, product management, or techno-functional leadership, within Wealth Management, Retirement, or Financial Services. \n \n Job Summary \n We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Full Stack Product Engineer with strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, and AWS cloud technologies. The ideal candidate will combine hands-on technical expertise with product management, product ownership, and transformation leadership experience within Wealth Management, Retirement, or Financial Services. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Drive product strategy, roadmap planning, prioritization, requirements gathering, and end-to-end product delivery.\n, • Translate business strategy into customer journeys, product capabilities, epics, features, functional requirements, and technology roadmaps.\n, • Partner with Product, Business, Operations, Architecture, and Engineering teams to align business objectives with technology solutions.\n, • Lead product modernization and multi-year transformation initiatives across complex financial services platforms.\n, • Define business outcomes, KPIs, and success metrics to measure product performance and customer value.\n, • Manage competing priorities, dependencies, regulatory requirements, and delivery risks.\n, • Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and drive strategic decisions across business and technology teams.\n, • Apply AI-accelerated software development practices across design, development, testing, and release to improve productivity and reduce time to market.\n\n \n Required Technical Skills \n\n • Strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and REST APIs.\n, • Experience developing scalable, secure, and cloud-native applications using AWS.\n, • Knowledge of AWS services, including Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, SQS, and SNS.\n, • Understanding of AWS security, IAM policies, cloud networking, and cost optimization.\n, • Experience with NoSQL databases such as Amazon DynamoDB or MongoDB.\n, • Experience with AI-powered and AI-accelerated Product Development Lifecycle (AI-PDLC) practices.\n\n \n Product Management and Leadership Skills \n\n • 12+ years of experience across product management, product ownership, or techno-functional leadership.\n, • Proven experience shaping product strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, requirements, and delivery.\n, • Ability to connect business strategy, product requirements, and technical implementation.\n, • Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.\n, • Experience defining and tracking business KPIs and measurable product outcomes.\n, • Ability to lead complex modernization and transformation programs.\n\n \n Domain Experience \n\n • Wealth Management and Financial Services.\n, • Retirement products, including 401(k), 403(b), pensions, and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).\n, • Retirement recordkeeping services.\n, • Understanding of retirement participant and financial advisor journeys, including:\n, • Enrollment and contributions.\n, • Investment selection and management.\n, • Rollovers and distributions.\n, • Beneficiary management.\n, • Account servicing and participant support.\n\n \n Preferred Candidate Profile \n\n • Strong combination of Java full-stack engineering and AWS cloud expertise.\n, • Experience in retirement or wealth management product platforms.\n, • Proven ability to lead product delivery and technology transformation initiatives.\n, • Experience working with senior business and technology stakeholders in complex financial services environments.\n, • Familiarity with AI-driven software engineering and product delivery acceleratio\n\n