Senior/Lead Software Engineer (Java + DevOps)

Exadel•Sofia, GA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks. From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next. What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving. About the Customer The world's largest publisher of investment research. For over two decades it connects the world's leading asset and wealth managers with nearly 1,000 research firms in more than 50 countries and serves internal teams across multi-national corporations from its offices located in Durham (HQ), New York, London, Edinburgh, and Timisoara. The client facilitates the equitable exchange of critical investment insights by improving efficiency, collaboration, and security across the complete information lifecycle. The ecosystem is designed to meet users' bespoke needs, from compliance tracking to interactive publishing, dissemination, consumption, and application of investment research content.

Requirements

5+ years of software development experience
Strong Java development experience (building applications, troubleshooting bugs)
Hands-on DevOps experience
At least 4 hours of overlap with the EST timezone for collaboration with the Cloud team
Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud
Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code – Terraform / Terragrunt and Ansible
Experience with on-prem infrastructure (server configuration, HAProxy, Apache)
At least 4 hours of overlap with the EST timezone for collaboration with the Cloud team
Solid Linux administration skills
Good understanding of networking and security (IDP, authentication)
Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
Strong analytical and debugging skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud)
Familiarity with Docker / Kubernetes
Experience with monitoring and observability tools
Knowledge of microservices architecture
Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, JavaScript)
English level
Intermediate+

Responsibilities

Code, test, and operate Java-based services and infrastructure
Identify and fix complex bugs at the intersection of application and infrastructure
Maintain and extend existing services, Terraform (Terragrunt), and Ansible implementations
Analyze on-premises configurations, including HAProxy and Apache, to resolve environment issues
Support the verification team in accelerating root cause analysis for infrastructure-related problems
Optimize software solutions by studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes
Use modern AI tools and best practices to improve personal and team performance
Provide recommendations for CI/CD, networking, and security (IDP/Authentication) improvements
Collaborate with the team to brainstorm, resolve conflicts, and mentor other engineers
Use modern AI-powered tools to improve productivity and development efficiency