Lead Software Engineer - Java backend

You will be joining a world-class team of skilled engineers at Gartner IT who are dedicated to building creative digital solutions to support clients. The team values a culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the belief that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. As a Lead Engineer in the Gartner.com product organization within Digital Product Technology (DPT), your role will involve focusing on technical solution design and delivery execution. You will work closely with Product, Design, and other platform engineering teams to provide technical leadership through deep expertise, strong ownership, and high-quality solutioning across the full stack. This hands-on position is suited for a self-motivated individual who thrives on ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement while delivering high-quality, customer-facing digital experiences. Key Responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end delivery of features and services across backend and cloud. - Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using Spring Boot (Java), AWS, and PostgreSQL. - Collaborate closely with Product, Design, partner teams, and other stakeholders. - Build functional prototypes and iterate rapidly based on continuous feedback. - Participate in discovery, solutioning, and planning sessions, influencing technology decisions and evolution. - Own delivery execution by removing blockers, managing dependencies, and ensuring predictable and reliable releases. - Champion engineering best practices including code quality and review standards, observability, monitoring, performance tuning, scalability, security, availability, and reliability. - Take responsibility for production systems, including incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field. - 6-8 years of professional software engineering experience building production-grade systems. - Strong hands-on experience with backend technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, databases like PostgreSQL, and cloud services like AWS. - Solid understanding of design principles and best practices. - Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and full-stack interfaces. - Strong qualitative and quantitative problem-solving skills. - Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and technically lead engineers. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical audiences. - Proven ability to work independently, take initiative, and own delivery and outcomes. At Gartner, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse and inclusive team of individuals who are passionate about making a difference. The company's mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights to help enterprise leaders succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation, and a supportive hybrid work environment that allows you to thrive professionally. If you are passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that guides the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the ideal place for you to grow your career. You will be joining a world-class team of skilled engineers at Gartner IT who are dedicated to building creative digital solutions to support clients. The team values a culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the belief that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. As a Lead Engineer in the Gartner.com product organization within Digital Product Technology (DPT), your role will involve focusing on technical solution design and delivery execution. You will work closely with Product, Design, and other platform engineering teams to provide technical leadership through deep expertise, strong ownership, and high-quality solutioning across the full stack. This hands-on position is suited for a self-motivated individual who thrives on ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement while delivering high-quality, customer-facing digital experiences. Key Responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end delivery of features and services across backend and cloud. - Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using Spring Boot (Java), AWS, and PostgreSQL. - Collaborate closely with Product, Design, partner teams, and other stakeholders. - Build functional prototypes and iterate rapidly based on continuous feedback. - Participate in discovery, solutioning, and planning sessions, influencing technology decisions and evolution. - Own delivery execution by removing blockers, managing dependencies, and ensuring predictable and reliable releases. - Champion engineering best practices including code quality and review standards, observability, monitoring, performance tuning, scalability, security, availability, and reliabi