The SDC WAMT Principal Backend Engineer role at EY focuses on designing and developing server-side services and APIs for financial services clients. The position is part of a high-performing team within the Service Delivery Center, which collaborates closely with advisory professionals. The role requires a flexible self-starter who can manage changing priorities and rapidly evolving technology solutions. The engineer will provide architecture and technical leadership across complex, enterprise-scale initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in enterprise application development, architecture, and technical leadership.
• Deep experience developing server-side applications and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring, and Spring Boot.
• Expertise in microservices architectures, API design, and event-driven integration with Kafka.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, JPA or Hibernate, and performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Experience with JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, and web services.
• Experience with Jenkins, Git, CI/CD, and testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
• Experience with cloud development, containerization, and production triage.

• Own end-to-end application architecture and technology roadmaps across complex, enterprise-scale initiatives.
• Establish secure engineering patterns, reusable frameworks, and delivery governance.
• Lead cross-team decisions, modernization efforts, dependencies, and technical risk.
• Influence senior client and internal stakeholders, communicating technical direction and trade-offs.
• Mentor and develop technical leaders and engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and career guidance.
• Define reusable standards and drive organizational capability improvement.
• Apply and champion code quality, security, testing, and automation standards across the teams.

• Ernst & Young (EY) offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of its employees across various dimensions.