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Lead Engineer

TransUnion LLC
parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, flex time, 401(k)
United States, Illinois, Chicago
555 West Adams Street (Show on map)
Apr 21, 2025

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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver's seat of their professional development, while having access to help along the way. We encourage everyone to pursue passions and take ownership of their careers. With the support of colleagues and mentors, our associates are given the tools needed to get where they want to go. Regardless of job titles, our associates have the opportunity to learn new things and be a leader every day.

Come be a part of our team - you'll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.

What You'll Bring:

  • 10+ years of demonstrable hands-on experience in a software development profession
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with Java (v 8), Web services, REST APIs, Spring, Hibernate,SpringBootand Microservices
  • Experience with Relational Databases and SQL programming in Oracle DB.
  • Solid understanding of SOAP / RESTful systems and principles of good API design
  • Knowledge of development tools such as Git, Maven, Jenkins, Confluence, Splunk, SonarQube, etc
  • Proficiency with Linux, including shell scripting skills
  • Experience with and/or good understanding of web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS)
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, algorithms, data structures (JSON/YAML), problem solving, design and analysis
  • Play a hands-on role in the development process including design, development and support of the applications
  • Participate in the agile process including standups, planning, code reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Expert with unit/integration testing (i.e. JUnit)

Impact You'll Make:

TransUnion Consumer Interactive (TUCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of TransUnion, is looking for a Lead Engineer that can lead, Design , Develop and support team members. TUCI builds credit monitoring applications for consumers, like you. Typically these applications allow a consumer to view their credit report, credit score, receive credit alerts, lock their credit to prevent fraud, and simulate a credit score based on various parameters.

Design:

  • Participate in the Phoenix architecture ongoing definition with Credit Sesame and TransUnion, ensuring the technical integrations and design choices meet TU business, technical, regulatory, and information security requirements
  • Maintain architecture blueprints through architecture views of Phoenix platform
  • Contribute and help refine the architectural runway

Development:

  • Where appropriate participate in detailed design decisions to maintain integrity of the Pheonix platform
  • Where appropriate, communicate broader enterprise and information security policy requirements to Credit Sesame and enable implementation (e.g., Device Risk, Password Management, etc.)
  • Participate and guide the team in code reviews and approval of code for production release
  • Coordinate with CS and TU releases for dependencies

Production Incident Management & Resolution:

  • Participate in production incident triaging and resolution by working closely with Credit Sesame and TransUnion stakeholders
  • Communicate root cause of any critical or repeating issues to TransUnion and Credit Sesame Technology executives and work with stakeholders across TU and Credit Sesame to institute improvements
  • Where required, provide technology solutions to issues faced by developers during SDLC
  • Review Phoenix incident metrics and conduct any root cause analysis and initiate appropriate efforts to improve overall platform availability
  • Engage required TU and CS personnel, as appropriate, to resolve the production issues in a expeditated manner

Governance:

  • Participate in TransUnion architecture governance boards representing Phoenix to get appropriate approvals
  • Work with TransUnion and Credit Sesame stakeholders to successfully conduct annual Security and Compliance audits and ensure that the Phoenix platform is compliant with TU standards
  • Participate in the Partnership Management Team, including partnering with other Credit Sesame personnel on issue escalation
  • Participate and draft with Credit Sesame any required change notices

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Adherence to Company policies, sound judgment and trustworthiness, working safely, communicating respectfully, and safeguarding business operations, confidential and proprietary information, and the Company's reputation are also essential expectations of this position.

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.

Benefits:

TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, up to 12 paid holidays per year, health benefits (including medical, dental, and vision plan options and health spending accounts), mental health support, disability benefits, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility planning coverage, legal benefits, long-term care insurance, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k) retirement savings with employer match, and access to TransUnion's Employee Resource Groups. Spousal, domestic partner, and other eligible dependent coverage is available on select health and welfare plans.

We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay Scale Information : The U.S. base salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $150,000 annually. *The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this job. At TransUnion, actual compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual's education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations. Regular, fulltime non-sales positions may be eligible to participate in TransUnion's annual bonus plan. Certain positions may be also eligible for long-term incentives and other payments based on applicable company guidance and plan documents.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title:

Lead Engineer, Applications Development
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