Software Development Engineer SR -Full Stack Java/React

About the Role:

Sagent is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to join our Dara product(s) team. Dara is the next generation, cloud native, mortgage servicing platform positioned to transform the $13T mortgage industry. The systems will be used by lenders and servicers in the consumer and mortgage lending markets in the United States. As a member of the Dara development team, you will work daily with our global development team using modern technologies, tools and frameworks to develop advanced, enterprise business components that run on Microsoft Azure platforms and Google Cloud.

We are looking for:

• A communicator: Whether written or oral, your communication skills are outstanding in any context. Your interactions with stakeholders and coworkers move business forward in a dynamic, exciting, entrepreneurial working environment. You are as good – maybe better – at listening and taking notes as you are at talking and writing.

A problem-solver: You’re a results-oriented multi-tasker who runs toward a challenge. You’re able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and think independently. You are personally committed to completing a project with a conscientious attitude and good follow-through. You see to it that all assignments are completed correctly and uphold department and company standards.  You hold the team accountable for their deadlines and commitments.  

• Accountability: You are the greatest critic of what you deliver. You are proud of your work, and you stand by it. You are humbled but not defeated by failure and accept it as a critical part of learning. You are honest and never blame or project frustrations onto others.  
• You are willing to go above and beyond to accomplish your goals.  

Your Day to Day at Sagent:

• Participate in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, and deployment, including owning your delivery metrics with Agile Delivery managers, resource planning and risk management. 
• Engage with functional SMEs, frontend developers and business to develop API first systems.
• Work primarily in server-side technologies like Java, React, and Nodejs, and messaging frameworks like Kafka
• Collaborate across time zones via Microsoft Teams, ADO, GitHub comments, documents, and frequent videoconferences
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality and application design

We’d love it if you had:

• A bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or relevant discipline with 4 - 6 years of experience in a related field. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in the mortgage or financial services domain – loan servicing systems, document management, SAAS platforms is a Plus.  
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture and SaaS platforms.
• Experience in building large scale enterprise distributed event driven applications
• Experience in designing, building, integrating RESTful and Streaming APIs and event driven messaging frameworks
• Familiarity with security and compliance standards (Relevant to fintech/mortgage is a Plus)
• Deep knowledge of enterprise and integration design patterns
• Good working knowledge of Node.JS Java, Kafka, Databases, API Gateways
• Knowledge of React, Typescript, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Understanding of business process management engines and business rules engines
• Knowledge of scaling and performance tuning of applications
• Experience in setting up observability and logging tools/frameworks
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Experience in following API Standards, unit/integration testing and using SonarQube
• Experience with Azure DevOps, git, maven or shell scripting
• Understanding of docker containers and CI/CD pipelines