Software Engineer, III

Blue Sage Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer III to support mortgage pricing engines, particularly Optimal Blue, and complex API integrations. The role designs and maintains integrations, troubleshoots production issues, translates business requirements into technical solutions, and mentors engineering team members.

Responsibilities:

• API Integration & Architecture: Design and implement robust API integrations to connect internal systems with third-party vendors and services
• Optimal Blue & Other Pricing Engine Integration: Lead the development, configuration, and maintenance of application integration with Mortgage Pricing Engines, with particular focus on Optimal Blue
• Troubleshooting & Production Support: Ability to research and troubleshoot production issues related to pricing engine integration
• Technical Design: Translate business requirements to technical specifics and develop software architecture and design based on requirements
• Complex Problem Solving: Independently solve various problems and rectify complicated problems through the application of design patterns
• Team Leadership: Designate tasks to team members in a balanced and effective manner and mentor junior/mid-level developers
• Testing & Quality: Create and write complicated tests and perform regular reviews on code done by less experienced developers
• Business Logic: Communicate with clients and management about business processes and transform them into programming code
• Continuous Improvement: Consistently improve the quality and structure of previously written code

Requirements:

• Extensive experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and managing third-party service connections
• Proven knowledge of the mortgage lifecycle and software ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with Optimal Blue integration
• Java
• Javascript
• Groovy
• SQL
• Spring
• Hibernate, GORM, or other domain modeling frameworks
• Grails
• Vue.js, Angular, Sencha ExtJS or other UI frameworks
• Drools or a rules engine
• AWS (preferred), Azure, GCP and Cloud Services (Docker, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS, SQS)
• MySQL (relational)
• Git, GitHub, Jenkins
• Agile, Scrum, Jira, Confluence
• Advanced understanding of REST and API architecture
• Security best practices
• Testing frameworks such as JUnit
• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field or equivalent in experience
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset
• unable to sponsor work visas at this time
• unable to consider candidates on temporary work authorization, including student visas (F-1 OPT/CPT)
• Github / portfolio showing previous API or complex integration work