Principal Java Developer

Overview

Job Purpose

ICE Mortgage Technology is seeking a Principal Engineer to join our servicing technology team. This position will play a key role in servicing technology initiatives by driving end-to-end solution delivery across both front-end and back-end components. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams-including UX, product management, and UI developers to successfully deliver critical initiatives.

The Principal Engineer will be responsible for gathering requirements, validating usability through proof of concepts, and ensuring seamless integration between UI and API layers. Additionally, the position includes mentoring and leading software development engineers directly reporting to you, fostering a full-stack mindset within the team, and ensuring alignment across disciplines to deliver cohesive, high-quality experiences.

Responsibilities

Provides full stack Java design and development of projects involving application development, migrations, and additions to existing applications

Lead the implementation and support of current enterprise application projects to ensure continuity and progress across critical initiatives

Standardize user experience of enterprise application to align with design and usability best practices

Provide onboarding support for new applications and ensure smooth integration with existing enterprise application

Serve as technical lead, guiding development best practices, mentoring team members, and managing direct reports

Participates in project meetings with other technical staff, business owners and subject matter experts

Assesses and develops design requirements for project and communicates in writing or in meetings with development team while assessing detailed specifications against design requirements

Reviews application in progress of development to ensure compliance with overall design parameters and corporate development standards

Understand complex business systems and workflows and explain them to other developers

Develop component designs that work cohesively in the context of existing architecture

Develops and/or reviews development of test protocols for testing application before user acceptance

Identify root causes and develop solutions for program failures

Work in an agile and continuous integration environment with a command of SDLC tools

Performs other related duties as assigned

Knowledge and Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.

8+ years of full stack development experience

Previous experience as a Technical or Team Lead highly preferred

Strong experience working with development technologies Java and Angular

Strong experience with Spring Boot microservices architecture and principals

Experience working with REST services, Web Services, Spring Framework, Hibernate, and Eclipse

Experience working with SQL and Relational Databases (preferably Oracle)

Experience working with performance monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk

Experience working with event driven architecture tools like Kafka

Experience building and supporting enterprise applications

Familiarity working in a Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) leveraging Agile principles

Experience with additional technologies including SonarQube and YUI (Yahoo UI Library) preferred

Excellent analytical, decision-making and problem-solving skills

Must be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with focus on timeliness, documentation, and communications with peers and business users alike

Experience with project management

Results oriented, business focused, and successful at interfacing across multiple organizational units

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