Lead Software Engineer - Java/Spring Boot/Kafka

Role Overview

As a Lead Software Engineer within PNC's Lending Technology organization, you will lead the design and development of end-to-end application features across backend services (Java 21) and frontend applications (Angular). You will own architecture decisions spanning APIs, UI state management, performance, security, and scalability. You will establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across both backend and frontend stacks.

What You Will Do

Design and implement backend services using Java (17/21+), Spring Boot, and related Spring frameworks. Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations consumed by Angular frontends. Lead backend architecture using microservices, event-driven designs, and cloud-native patterns. Lead development of frontend applications using Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, and modern component-based architecture.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will promote automated testing across the stack, including unit, integration, and contract tests. You will champion observability using structured logging, metrics, and tracing across frontend and backend. You will ensure applications are secure, resilient, and production-ready with proper validation, error handling, and monitoring.

Requirements

• University / college degree
• 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience
• Certifications are often desired
• In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered

Benefits

• Medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
• Dental and vision options
• Employee and spouse/child life insurance
• Short and long-term disability protection
• 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans
• Dependent care reimbursement account
• Back-up child/elder care
• Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
• Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
• Robust wellness program with financial incentives
• Maternity and/or parental leave
• Up to 11 paid holidays each year
• 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
• Between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level
• Years of service