Job Description

Who Is InRhythm?

InRhythm is a leading modern product consultancy and digital innovation firm with a mission to make a dent in the digital economy. Founded in 2002, InRhythm is currently engaged by Fortune 50 enterprises to bring their next generation of digital products and platforms to market. InRhythm has helped hundreds of teams launch mission-critical products that have created a positive impact worth billions of dollars.InRhythm’s unique capabilities of Product Innovation and Platform Modernization services are the most sought-after. The InRhythm team of A+ thought leaders don’t just “get an assignment,” they join the company to do what they love. It’s that passion that has helped us grow rapidly and consistently deliver on our commitment to helping clients develop better, faster, and in rhythm.

What We Do At InRhythm

We bring enterprises' most urgent, important products to market with high-velocity, high- quality and 10x impact. We enable innovative cultures by coaching teams with the right mix and maturity of modern tools, methods, and thought leadership.This is a unique opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an evolving team. InRhythm clients include a broad range of highly visible and recognizable customers, including, but not limited to:

• Goldman Sachs
• Fidelity
• Morgan Stanley
• American Express

From greenfield to tier-one builds, our clients look to us to deliver their mission-critical projects related to product strategy, design, cloud native applications, as well as mobile and web development. The projects we work on literally change the world. They change the way we live, work, and think in a positive way.

We’re Looking For a Lead Software Engineer!

Our Team is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Lead Software Engineer to lead the development and enhancement of a key management system. This system is built using Java 21, employs a hexagonal architecture, and integrates multiple microservices. The role demands technical expertise in modern programming languages, frameworks, and best practices to ensure secure, efficient, and scalable software delivery.

As a senior contributor and mentor, the Lead Software Engineer will oversee code quality, enforce development standards, and guide a team of engineers in applying cutting-edge solutions. The candidate must be well-versed in REST interfaces, Kafka messaging. The system uses Postgres as its primary database, requiring a good expertise in database management and optimization.

At InRhythm, you will…

• Lead, design, develop and test Web and Cloud-native applications and work with fellow Software Engineers and Product Managers to navigate the discussion and strategy in architecting web and cloud platforms
• Own end-to-end architectural assessments and delivery of our client platforms
• Define, architect and break out epics/features for others, while maintaining a sense of the whole picture
• Work in a cross-functional agile team to deliver working software incrementally
• Help with the growth of the Cloud Practice by collaborating on the interviewing pipeline, hosting tech talks and workshops, identifying industry trends to discuss, and participating in practice activities
• Mentor the less-experienced members of the team, interview potential engineers for your own and other teams, have an opportunity to help influence the direction of the project, and showcase your technical skills and knowledge in company tech talks
• Research and adopt new programming languages, frameworks, and libraries to enhance development speed and security
• Maintain a deep understanding of language-specific coding bugs, smells, and vulnerabilities
• Continuously update code scanning profiles to minimize technical debt and ensure high-quality code.
• Development Practices
• Define, document, and coach the team on best practices for development, including branching strategies, peer reviews, library usage, logging, and error handling
• Champion test-driven development (TDD) to maintain robust and reliable software.
• Enforce coding guidelines and scanning rules across the project to ensure consistency and maintainability.
• Patterns and Frameworks
• Conduct technical reviews of application code and dependencies to identify anti-patterns and drive continuous refactoring
• Promote the use of design patterns and architectural best practices in a microservices environment.
• Technical Leadership
• Design and develop microservices using hexagonal architecture principles
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring secure and efficient communication
• Implement and manage asynchronous messaging systems using Kafka for inter-service communication.
• Database Management
• Ensure secure, reliable, and efficient database interactions
• Oversee schema design, query optimization, and data migration strategies

What You Bring To The Table

• 8+ years of professional experience in microservices-based cloud-native development within an enterprise-level domain
• Strong hands-on experience architecting and implementing modern Java-based applications. Advanced features like lambda expressions, Stream API, CompletableFuture, Virtual Threads, Concurrency APIs etc. Java 21 experience preferred.
• Experienced with implementing Microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Webflux, Starter Web, JPA, Spring Security, Spring Boot, Actuator Kafka, Redis
• 2+ years with AWS Experience (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, DynamoDb, Lambda)
• Experience with Restful APIs and hexagonal architecture.
• Knowledge of relational database systems – ex. RDS (Oracle) or Oracle on Amazon EC2
• Experience using container & serverless architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, AWS ECS)
• Proficient with Test Driven and Domain Driven Development (TDD / DDD), including using automated test frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Cypress, WireMock, PowerMock, ArchUnit)
• You are an experienced user of one or more Application Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Jira).
• Experienced with DevOps – creating CI/CD tools and pipelines.
• Solid verbal and written communication and consultant/client-facing skills are a must. As a true consultant, you are a self-starter who takes initiative.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Familiarity using Scrum/Agile development methodology
• Self-starter mindset, taking initiative and ownership of a challenge while providing practical and innovative solutions
• Experience speaking to technical and business audiences while working globally
• Inspiring others to follow your lead
• An eagerness to share your knowledge with others
• A desire to continuously learn as you strive to develop and improve as a team
• Strong desire to grow the business of software development by helping to grow the team and be involved in practice leadership

Why Work At InRhythm?

We’ve been named an Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame Fastest Growing Company for 9 years, Deloitte Fast 500 company for 5 years, and Consulting Magazine Fastest Growing Company winner several years in a row. If you’re looking forward to working with awesome colleagues in a high- growth environment and tight-knit community, we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

At InRhythm we believe in building a better workplace. When you join our team, you can expect a number of work/life benefits:

• Comprehensive and customizable Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Parental Leave
• Scalable PTO

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