Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer to join our Structured Debt Client Platform Engineering team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and performant backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and REST APIs.
• Build and enhance modern Angular applications using TypeScript, NgRx for state management, and Nx for managing micro frontend architecture.
• Architect and contribute to a modular frontend framework supporting multiple apps via Nx workspaces and shared libraries.
• Develop and consume APIs as part of a distributed microservices environment, with a focus on reliability, maintainability, and testability.
• Implement structured logging using SLF4J and Log4j, and integrate with monitoring tools and logging aggregators (e.g., Splunk, ELK).
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to define and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, ensuring smooth and secure build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Apply test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) practices using Jasmine, Karma, Cucumber, JUnit, and Mockito.
• Ensure code quality and security by leveraging tools such as SonarQube and Veracode, with a focus on maintainable and compliant code.
• Analyze and optimize application performance, database interactions, and service integrations.
• Ensure data integrity and business logic correctness when integrating with Oracle and relational databases, particularly around MBS-related data structures.
• Contribute to MBS-focused initiatives such as pool-level data processing, cashflow modeling, investor reporting, and REMIC structures.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, analysts, and QA engineers to translate financial domain requirements into working software solutions.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices, and actively mentor junior team members.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in software development required with WebLogic Portal and J2EE technologies
• 5+ years of relevant experience, with strong preference for candidates with focused fintech experience or experience in a similar environment.
• Experienced in 3-tier, n-tier, cloud computing, microservices architecture
• Must have hands-on experience with Angular, NgRx, RxJS and micro-frontend
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing microservices using Java/Spring Boot, Node.js
• Must have hands-on experience with AI assisted application development and integration using AI tools like Windsurf IDE or similar agentic IDEs
• 3+ years of relevant experience with API concepts and technologies such as REST, JSON, XML, SOAP, YAML, GraphQL, and Swagger
• Must have hands on experience in writing RESTful webservices using Spring/JAX-RS
• Experience development using agile methodology using CI/CD pipeline
• Develop and build microservices leveraging AWS Cloud Services
• Must have Spring Portlet development experience
• Must have good working knowledge of HTML, Ajax, JQuery, Java Script.
• Must have work experience with SVN/GIT or other equivalent source control systems
• Must have experience with Oracle RDBMS.
• AWS Cloud development experience and AWS Developer Certification highly desired
• Experience supporting and/or implementing complex integration projects
• Must have experience working as part of a large team & also operate independently
• Experience with secure coding practices
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Exposure to SOA suite middleware is a plus
• Experience configuring Web service security policies is a plus
• Experience with WebCenter ADF Framework and Remote portlet configurations with WebCenter Spaces/Portal is a plus
• Exposure to PL/SQL is a big plus
• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus
• Experience with Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) and products, applications supporting MBS is a huge plus