Senior Java Software Engineer

Description

EPAM is seeking a Senior Java Software Engineer to serve as a Technology Lead for a product team delivering investor-facing solutions for the world's second-largest asset management company — a global financial services leader managing trillions in assets and serving millions of investors worldwide. The client is driving a major digital transformation focused on agility, innovation, and automation, built on a completely cloud-native AWS architecture with a strong emphasis on serverless and microservices. EPAM operates as a strategic engineering partner with end-to-end product ownership — from ideation through post-production. In this role, you will provide hands-on technology leadership for full-stack backend development, including microservices, APIs, and data store design — while guiding the team through legacy modernization and cloud-native architecture adoption. Responsibilities Take ownership and accountability for the technology solution and output delivered by the team Provide technology thought leadership and assist the team in making sound technical decisions Remove technology-related obstacles throughout the project lifecycle Work with architects, CTO organization, and cross-functional teams to ensure technology governance and best practices are followed Understand functional, non-functional requirements, and quality attributes — and build solutions accordingly Contribute to and improve architecture and design Build, review, and ensure quality of data models, API contracts, architecture, frameworks, and code Assist in effort estimation, planning, prioritization, and dependency identification Manage all technology artifacts Analyze legacy applications and define target-state design/architecture Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar (Master's degree preferred) 8+ years of professional software development experience 8+ years of experience designing and developing microservices, REST APIs, and front-end applications Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for backend microservices development Experience with AWS cloud-native services (EC2, S3, Lambda, Kinesis, Firehose, DynamoDB, EKS, CloudWatch) Proficiency in cloud-native microservices architecture with strong AWS expertise Expertise in API economy with business acumen Ability to analyze legacy applications and define target-state architecture Experience working in Agile methodology Hands-on technology leadership — preferably full-stack development Excellent English communication and presentation skills — this is a client-facing role Strong organizational skills with the ability to deal with ambiguity Attention to detail and team leadership capabilities Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Database, CTO organization, API Economy, etc.) Nice to have Front-end experience with Angular and TypeScript Experience with Node.js for backend services Familiarity with Python for scripting or data-related tasks Experience with databases: DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, or legacy DB2 Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Splunk Experience with testing frameworks (Cucumber, API testing tools) Familiarity with mobile testing tools such as Perfecto Background in financial services, asset management, or investor-facing platforms Experience with data migration and legacy system decommissioning

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar (Master's degree preferred)

• 8+ years of professional software development experience

• 8+ years of experience designing and developing microservices, REST APIs, and front-end applications

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for backend microservices development

• Experience with AWS cloud-native services (EC2, S3, Lambda, Kinesis, Firehose, DynamoDB, EKS, CloudWatch)

• Proficiency in cloud-native microservices architecture with strong AWS expertise

• Expertise in API economy with business acumen

• Ability to analyze legacy applications and define target-state architecture

• Experience working in Agile methodology

• Hands-on technology leadership — preferably full-stack development

• Excellent English communication and presentation skills — this is a client-facing role

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to deal with ambiguity

• Attention to detail and team leadership capabilities

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Database, CTO organization, API Economy, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and accountability for the technology solution and output delivered by the team

• Provide technology thought leadership and assist the team in making sound technical decisions

• Remove technology-related obstacles throughout the project lifecycle

• Work with architects, CTO organization, and cross-functional teams to ensure technology governance and best practices are followed

• Understand functional, non-functional requirements, and quality attributes — and build solutions accordingly

• Contribute to and improve architecture and design

• Build, review, and ensure quality of data models, API contracts, architecture, frameworks, and code

• Assist in effort estimation, planning, prioritization, and dependency identification

• Manage all technology artifacts

• Analyze legacy applications and define target-state design/architecture

Seniority

• Senior

Nice to have

• Front-end experience with Angular and TypeScript

• Experience with Node.js for backend services

• Familiarity with Python for scripting or data-related tasks

• Experience with databases: DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, or legacy DB2

• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Splunk

• Experience with testing frameworks (Cucumber, API testing tools)

• Familiarity with mobile testing tools such as Perfecto

• Background in financial services, asset management, or investor-facing platforms

• Experience with data migration and legacy system decommissioning