Lead Software Engineer

ADP is hiring a Lead Application Developer – Open Stack in our Alpharetta, GA location. This is a hybrid role.

• Are you empathetic to client needs and inspired by transformation and impacting the lives of millions of people every day?
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?

In this role, you will work within a scrum team in our OneTax to bring the designs and ideas to life for new NextGen platform. This work will support a mix of internal and external clients. You will work with clients, product managers, architects, software engineers, and more to plan, design, develop, test, and implement impactful solutions that support companies with one to millions of employees. You will start your day on a scrum call to prioritize and track work. Within the team you work on, you will choose user stories to work within a sprint cycle. You will spend most of your day developing and testing your code. Every three weeks, you will be involved in the release activities.

To thrive in this development career, you'll need to be an expert in Java (Java 11+ preferred) and have a firm grasp on Spring Boot, Hibernate, Javascript, Angular and/or React. You'll need to be familiar with web services, RESTful APIs, MySQL, Drools, Caching Solutions, AWS, GenAI and open source tools such as Apache KAFKA. Each sprint cycle could have a heavy front-end focus, a heavy back-end focus, or a mix of both, so you'll need experience working with front-end, scripting, and back-end technologies. Like our best developers, you are an enthusiastic creator eager to learn and take on stretch assignments. You strive to learn new technologies and find ways to incorporate what you learn into building your products.

As a Lead Developer, you will work closely with your team to lead and guide projects to success. You'll have a hands-on role designing, developing, debugging, and deploying software solutions where you can leverage your expertise with code complexities. You'll also serve as a mentor to the junior developers. In the senior role, you will balance the assigning of user stories through prioritization and consideration of the technical interests of each developer on the team. As part of our team, you'll find exciting challenges, get opportunities to grow your career, and develop solid friendships as we design what's next for ADP and the industry. Pace should not scare you. We still find time for a healthy dose of fun.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• You'll start each day with a scrum, working in a team to understand responsibilities, identify issues, and communicate coding priorities while choosing user stories to complete. You will also participate in other agile ceremonies, including scheduled sprint demos, where you will present your work to stakeholders.
• Build teams that thrive. As an experienced leader, you want everyone to shine. You'll start each day by checking in with your engineering team to identify priorities and challenges. You'll find a way to make the team's day go smoother.
• Build Products. You will use your technical expertise to review your team's work and help your people excel in an Agile environment. You're proactive and hands-on.
• Variety of work. There is no typical day. You could be checking in with a team in India one minute, meeting with leadership to review initiatives for the coming quarter later.
• Influence and inspire confidence. You are comfortable presenting to senior leaders, product owners, and peers with a compelling voice that you demonstrate through executive presence.
• You have 8-12 years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:

• You'll have a Bachelor's degree OR equivalent.
• Developer with 10+ years’ experience in Application development using Java/J2EE (preferably Java 11+).
• Proficiency in Spring/ Springboot/ Hibernate expected.
• Experience functioning as a Team Lead.
• Experience developing microservices on the AWS/ Cloud platform will be a plus.
• Experience of writing unit tests using JUnit or other frameworks.
• Proficiency in Angular 9+, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS.
• Proficiency in RDBMS such as Postgres or Oracle and NoSQL databases such as Mongo or DynamoDB.
• Excellent Debugging skills.
• Knowledge of Messaging frameworks like Kafka.
• UI development: React, Web component development.
• API development: Swagger, API first, Java, Spring.
• Full stack development: UI, API, DB, Caching, Messaging.
• Experience facilitating code reviews, code quality checks.
• Experience working with Product Owners to plan future work for the team.
• Strong communication, Presentation and organization skills.
• Eagerness to experiment with new technologies and innovative ways to solve problems.
• Must effectively collaborate with developers and other relevant team members.
• Must be able to work independently, or in a team setting.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering or related discipline is preferred.
• Practical experience working in Agile environments and in product-focused technology organizations.
• 3+ years of experience with Public cloud providers Cloud (AWS or Azure).
• Maintain hands-on interest in current technology trends.
• Familiar with Functional programming & Software Design Patterns.
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent programming and design experience.

YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another's ideas to find the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

What are you waiting for?Apply today!

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