Lead Full Stack Engineer (React/Java)

Kunai is a fast-growing digital consultancy focused on banking, payments, and fintech powered by a global network that attracts the best and brightest people from all backgrounds and cultures, driven by innovation and experimentation, spread across almost every single continent. Over the past decade, we've shipped over 150 products for clients that include Visa, American Express, Capital One, WEX, Wells Fargo, Ernst & Young, and TOMS Shoes. Our founders built a previous agency (Monsoon) that was acquired by Capital One in 2015.

Company Overview:

As a Lead Engineer, you will join a dynamic team Kunai is assembling to integrate seamlessly with a  major global banking client’s investment arm. In this role, you will champion best practices to build and enhance cutting-edge applications.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop across the application stack including front-end, back-end, database layers, and dev ops.
• Utilize React to build highly optimized, scalable, and modern web applications, embracing modern ES6+ standards.
• Create and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Java
• Deploy and manage application components in a cloud environment (Azure)
• Implement CI/CD tools/processes and drive TDD best practices
• Engage and problem-solve with other engineers, designers, and product owners in a collaborative environment, involving code reviews and joint problem-solving

Candidate Profile:

• 4+ years of proven background in building scalable full-stack applications with Java, and JavaScript (React).
• Experience leading and mentoring teams of engineers
• Solid understanding of asynchronous JavaScript, data querying from various sources (GraphQL, REST APIs, databases), and web services.
• Keen eye for layout, semantic markup, and application performance.
• Proficient in cloud services( Azure) and knowledge of CI/CD tools and best practices.
• Experience with data warehouse, visualization, and cloud platforms (Snowflake, Data Factory, Tableau, and Power BI)
• Strong ownership, pragmatic approach, commitment to testing and learning, and ability to work in agile, collaborative environments.
• Adaptability: Openness to learning and applying new technologies and methodologies
• Prior enterprise-level or commercial software development experience.
• Financial services experience is strongly preferred.
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At Kunai, we have built deep relationships with our clients. Our bar is high, and our mission is to always exceed our client’s expectations. If you are fanatical about customer success and driven to work on and solve tough technical challenges, we would love to chat with you!