Lead Java Backend Developer - 403

Typical task breakdown:

• Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision

• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls

• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.

• Drives application development focused around delivering business value

• Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed

• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits

• Proactively reaches out for help when stuck on an issue after doing reasonable independent research

• Maintains a sense of urgency when working on tasks and actively followup on any dependencies or blockers

Work environment :

Hybrid; will need to go into office 2x a week ; this role could change where they need to go in office days a week, so please make sure your candidate(s) are fully good with that as well.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering or related field is required w/ 10+ years’ experience needed

• Master’s degree with 8+ years’ experience

Technical Skills

(Required)

• •10+ years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java.

Proven experience in many of the following:

• Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.

• Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.

• Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.

• Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD, etc

• Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.

• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)

• Experience with AI tools is a BIG PLUS**

Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following :

• Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ.

• Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs

• Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible o Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.

Hands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and Selenium and - their integration into CI/CD pipelines.

• Datastores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle. o Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc

• Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms

Soft Skills

(Required)

• Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.

• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints

• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

• Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities