You could say we're at the center of the center.

Here at Edward Jones the client is our single focus and our relationships with them are the measure of everything we do. And Service and Operations divisions are at the center of it all. We support our clients, branch teams and headquarter associates in providing the best possible experience. Advocate for our more than 7 million clients through regulation communication, fraud protection and managing their investment distributions. Protect their investments by mitigating risk. And innovate new ways of working. Using insights to create solutions for the future - in the here and now.

Job Overview

Position Schedule: Home Office - Canada

Edward Jones is seeking a Technical Lead to lead a team of developers supporting our portfolio management and advisory trading technology initiatives for our Canadian business unit. The position will lead the development and integration of new applications and enhancements to existing applications into multiple technology platforms that comprise our Canadian-specific suite of digital products. Those products are used by over 800 Canadian branch teams to serve their clients and manage their practice. This position will support our strategic initiatives for Edward Jones Canada, serving as a technology thought leader and ensuring teams follow development best practices in completing day today work.

• Drive technology standards and patterns
• Correlate non-functional requirements to technology patterns that ensure SLAs are met
• Collaborate with solution architects, product, and engineering managers
• Guide and mentor teams on integration of business software across the supported product platform while ensuring software is built with performance, scalability and resiliency in mind
• Act as a senior Kafka application developer with emphasis on Java, occasionally working on non-Kafka Java efforts
• Design and develop new Kafka applications, using previous experiences and industry best practices
• Maintain existing Kafka apps to enhance the existing business functionality and make continuous improvements
• Support existing Kafka apps in a critical production environment; create/update documentation and support procedures; cross train other team members to effectively support the system as well
• Help the team in developing new web applications and maintain existing applications utilizing modern web technologies such as Spring, REST, React, JavaScript/jQuery, Thymeleaf, JPA, Kubernetes, Junit, Selenium, and RestAssured
• Work with open systems tech such as MongoDB, Oracle DB, Spring Batch, Linux shell/bash scripting
• Translate business requirements into system design, work directly with a product owner or business analyst on user story refinement, prepare detailed technical specifications, and provide story point estimates
• Perform tech lead role under minimal direction to design, code, test, debug, and maintain software
• Provide system support, including on-call rotation, troubleshoot, and resolve complex system issues
• Provide guidance, training and mentorship to other associates, including performing code peer reviews, suggesting best practices and following SDLC processes

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical discipline
• 15+ years of technology experience
• 5+ years of architectural experience
• Expert in multiple technology domains
• Deep understanding of High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Strong technical leadership and collaboration skills
• Strong documentation skills
• Strong mentoring skills, able to educate and upskill others
• Comfortable presenting ideas to technical, non-technical, and leadership audiences
• Conceptual understanding of business, security, and data architectures
• Ability to influence all levels in a matrixed organization
• Establish and maintain effective relationships across departments, business areas, and vendors
• Embraces change and helps others adapt

• Must be vocal and highly collaborative
• Able to articulate complex content in a non-complex way
• Excellent interpersonal skills, seen as credible and trustworthy
• Effective communicator, able to interact with all levels of technology and business partners
• Fosters open communication by actively listening to others
• Presents ideas, thoughts, arguments, and information persuasively
• Actively builds and maintains productive relationships and networks of internal/external contacts
• Can build confidence, support, and effective collaboration among superiors, peers, and functional areas when discussing technology solutions