Lead Java Developer

Position Title: Lead Java Developer

Provide locations: Preferred: Pittsburgh, PA Dallas, TX Strongsville/Cleveland, OH Phoenix, AZ or Birmingham , AL (no particular order).

Acceptable time zone(s): EST or CST

Days of the week: Monday - Friday

Working Hours: 8 am Start

Travel: Possibility

Intended length of Assignment: 6 Months to hire

Contract to hire W2

Industry background: Financial background is a plus.

Team Dynamic: Working in a crew of 8-10

Roles and Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and development of end-to-end application features across backend services (Java 21) and frontend applications (Angular).
• Own architecture decisions spanning APIs, UI state management, performance, security, and scalability.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across both backend and frontend stacks.

Backend Responsibilities (Java)

• Design and implement backend services using Java (17/21+), Spring Boot, and related Spring frameworks.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service integrations consumed by Angular frontends.
• Lead backend architecture using microservices, event driven designs, and cloud native patterns.

Frontend Responsibilities (Angular)

• Lead development of frontend applications using Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, and modern component based architecture.
• Design responsive, accessible, and performant UI components aligned with UX and product requirements.
• Define frontend architecture including state management, routing, lazy loading, and API consumption.

Quality, Testing & Reliability

• Promote automated testing across the stack, including: Backend: unit, integration, and contract tests (JUnit, Mockito). AND Frontend: unit and component tests (Jasmine, Karma, Jest).
• Champion observability using structured logging, metrics, and tracing across frontend and backend.
• Ensure applications are secure, resilient, and production ready with proper validation, error handling, and monitoring.

DevOps & Deployment Collaboration

• Support CI/CD pipelines for both UI and backend components.
• Partner with DevOps on Docker/Kubernetes deployments, environment configuration, and release processes.
• Ensure frontend and backend artifacts are versioned, deployed, and monitored consistently.
• Participate in production support, incident reviews, and reliability improvements.

Team Leadership & Mentorship ○ Mentor engineers across frontend and backend disciplines, promoting full stack skill growth.

• Lead technical design reviews and code reviews across Java and Angular codebases.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and establish best practices for full stack development.
• Support hiring and onboarding of full stack engineers through interviews and guidance.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with product managers, UX designers, QA, and platform teams.
• Drive sprint planning, estimation, and timely delivery of full stack features.
• Communicate technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to stakeholders.
• Balance hands on development with leadership responsibilities.

Must Have Technical Skills:

• Java 21/Spring
• Angular/React
• Oracle
• No-SQL DB
• Kafka
• DevOps CI/CD
• Git

Flex Skills/Nice to Have:

• Flowable or any BPMN

Soft Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to coach / give and or receive feedback

Education/Certifications: Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience.

Interview Process:

• First Round: Panel (2-3) Reserve the right to hire without a second round
• Second Round: Single Tech Lead