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Lead Software Engineer

TransUnion LLC
parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, flex time, 401(k)
United States, Virginia, Reston
Mar 31, 2025

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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation - we're consistently exploring new technologies and tools to be agile. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities, while discovering their genius.

Come be a part of our team - you'll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

What You'll Bring:

  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • 5+ years of object-oriented design and object-oriented programming experience
  • Solid understanding of RESTful systems and principles of good API design. Should have proven experience in building and deploying production grade, highly scalable solutions based on cloud-native micro-services architecture.
  • Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, Go
  • Experience with Spring framework including Spring boot, Spring batch, Spring Data
  • Proven experience with RDBMS, and NoSQL DB (MongoDB/Cassandra preferred)
  • Computer Science fundamentals in data structures (document form, JSON/YAML), problem solving, algorithm design and analysis
  • Good familiarity with open-source development. Any hands-on experience with integrating open-source components into projects would be an advantage.
  • Bachelor's (B.S) or Master's (M.S) degree in Computer Science or related field

We'd Love to See:

  • Infrastructure: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
  • Container based deployments: Docker, Kubernetes
  • Orchestration: Ansible (Python based custom modules)
  • Automation: Cucumber (Ruby, Java)
  • Messaging: Streaming with Pub/Sub architecture (Kafka)
  • Monitoring/Alerting: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk
  • Documentation as code techniques
  • Protocols: SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), DNS (Domain Name Service), HTTP, SSL, STIR/SHAKEN, OAUTH2 (3rd partyAuthentication/Authorization)
  • UI Development techniques using Angular/React JS or similar frameworks

Impact You'll Make:

TransUnion is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join Trusted Call Solutions team who will be responsible for developing and delivering mission critical services in the field of voice and data applications to global carriers and enterprises. The ideal engineer would be working in a fast-paced DevOps environment with an entrepreneurial mindset of solving real world problems by designing, developing and maintaining features, solutions and scalable production grade micro-services in collaboration with other product and engineering teams. The engineer will also work very closely with clients and partners to understand various use cases and real-world problems to solve them with code.

  • Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain stateless micro-services in various environments (Public/Private Cloud, On-premises in customer domain) using modern techniques of CI/CD
  • Contribute to improving best practices to deliver high quality solutions leveraging open source tools/toolkits and utilities with automated builds, tests and deployments
  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional organizations including system architects, project managers, product managers and operations.
  • Follow Agile development methodology leveraging tools like GIT (SCM), JIRA (User Stories), SLACK (AutoNotifications/Channels)
  • Create solution design documents for customers including acceptance tests

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Adherence to Company policies, sound judgment and trustworthiness, working safely, communicating respectfully, and safeguarding business operations, confidential and proprietary information, and the Company's reputation are also essential expectations of this position.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Benefits:

TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, up to 12 paid holidays per year, health benefits (including medical, dental, and vision plan options and health spending accounts), mental health support, disability benefits, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility planning coverage, legal benefits, long-term care insurance, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k) retirement savings with employer match, and access to TransUnion's Employee Resource Groups. Spousal, domestic partner, and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select health and welfare plans.

We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay Scale Information : The U.S. base salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $150,000 annually. *The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this job. At TransUnion, actual compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual's education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations. Regular, fulltime non-sales positions may be eligible to participate in TransUnion's annual bonus plan. Certain positions may be also eligible for long-term incentives and other payments based on applicable company guidance and plan documents.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

Lead Engineer, Software Development
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