Staff Engineer – Java

EEOC

full-time

Posted on: 10/10/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • Arizona, Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States

✨ AI Apply

💰 $158,000 - $210,000 per year

Lead

JavaSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Designs, develops, documents, tests, debugs, and maintains software product applications.
Acts as a technical leader on the team, collaborates closely with the Architecture team and with other members of the team to deliver on the team’s backlog.
Ensures that platform architecture meets our growth, monitoring and alerting goals.
Leads deep, complex, and high-risk technical projects, and controls the communication around them.
Collaborates with stakeholders and makes the right trade off decisions.
Mentors junior team members with guidance around techniques, tools, and best practices.
Designs and develops features and capabilities to enhance the Early Warning core product offerings.
Managing source code using Git.
Querying platform data using SQL-based DBs.
Working on complex Java Web Services using Spring Boot.
Tracking sprint work in Jira and documenting complex details and decisions in Confluence.
Building automated tests alongside sprint work that is integrated into the CI/CD pipeline.
Able to troubleshoot complex bugs that may arise during development.
Support the company’s commitment to risk management and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Education and/ or experience typically obtained through completion of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or related field.
10 or more years of related industry experience.
Advanced proficiency in Java
Very good debugging, troubleshooting and low-level optimizations skills
Proficient with Git source control
Familiarity writing automated tests
Advanced Proficiency with SQL
Advanced Proficiency in RESTful service design
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders and make the right trade off decisions.
Able to use critical thinking skills and leverage relationships to influence decisions.
Background and drug screen

Benefits

Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
Paid Time Off – Flexible Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

JavaSQLSpring BootRESTful service designautomated testingdebuggingtroubleshootinglow-level optimizationssource control

technical leadershipcollaborationcommunicationmentoringcritical thinkingdecision makinginterpersonal skills