Lead Developer- API Gateway

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What We'll Bring:

Dynamics of the Role:
Seeking a Lead Developer that will operate as a member of a core team of specialists that are responsible for the delivery of complex enterprise level services leveraging the principles of a microservice architecture, and deployed using Kubernetes both on premise and off premise multi-cloud (AWS and Azure).

What You'll Bring:

Dynamics of the Role:

Seeking a Lead Developer that will operate as a member of a core team of specialists that are responsible for the delivery of complex enterprise level services leveraging the principles of a microservice architecture, and deployed using Kubernetes both on premise and off premise multi-cloud (AWS and Azure).

The Enterprise Services team is a strategic part of the Global Technology Platform at TransUnion that utilize technologies that will enable us to process our massive volumes, and we are seeking someone who has significant hands-on experience in utilizing a variety of technologies in the pursuit of delivering services that are highly performant and scalable, and have done so utilizing the underlying principles of a microservice architecture and using cloud patterns.  Additionally, we are expecting this person to be respected by management, product and their peers, serve as a role model for the team and be an excellent team player.

What You’ll Bring:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in development of highly performant services/microservices, ideally at an enterprise level.
• Experience in being a mentor and role model for other team members.
• Enjoy putting team commitments first and assisting to position the team to be successful.
• Strongly believe in and support team collaboration and enjoy contributing in ways to assist in team wins.
• Understanding and implementation experience in event driven and streaming systems.
• Good understanding of and experience with Design patterns, with Cloud and Microservice Design patterns being preferred.
• Expert in multiple languages such as Java, GoLang, .NET, C#, C++, Etc.
• Experience with AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Harness tool.
• Strong understanding and experience in using multiple protocols, such as Protobuf, JSON, GRPC, Etc.
• Strong understanding of the many technologies used in delivering highly performant enterprise service/microservice based architectures… across the entire landscape of both development and execution.
• Expert in CI/CD, in addition to the principles of when and how services should be versioned to facilitate enterprise (worldwide) consumption of our many “customers”
• Understand and ideally experience in delivery of services via Kubernetes.
• Understand and ideally experience in a Service Mesh.
• Working knowledge of Linux including shell scripting and basic system administration-Knowledge of Ansible is a plus.
• Experience with using monitoring tools like App-Dynamics, Wily Introscope, Grafana and log management tools like Splunk, Prometheus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, logical/reasoning and problem solving skills are mandatory.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, advanced degrees preferred.

• Should have completed AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified Security - Specialty certificates or similar.

• Should have a good exposure to Apache, IIS Server, Oracle BTM
• Should have a good knowledge on the App Tiers such as Tomcat, WebSphere, Weblogic and Tibco
• Should have a good experience in Siteminder, eDirectory, ActiveDirectory
• Should have good experience in MySQL, Oracle
• Should have a strong hands on experience with two of the gateways L7, Kong, Apigee, Mulesoft.

Impact You'll Make:

Who We Are:

• At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things.
• Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used in diverse ways. Whether it is helping businesses better manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for his first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities and local economies around the world.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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.

TransUnion Job Title

Lead Developer, Applications Development