Lead Java Developer

Caseware; Colombia; A distancia; COP 295.673.000 - 394.231.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Life insurance and funeral assistance

Home office stipend

Competitive compensation — above the市场

Descripción de la vacante

Caseware is seeking a Staff Software Developer to shape architecture, lead design reviews, and mentor engineers across global teams. This senior individual contributor role emphasizes high-impact features, scalable systems, and proactive RFC-driven decisions.

You will collaborate across domains and drive real-time, business-critical enhancements while maturing CI/CD pipelines and production safeguards in a fully remote setup based in Colombia.

Formación

• In-depth, extensive experience with server-side Java and expert-level Java knowledge.
• 8+ years of experience with core Java.
• Experience with both monolith applications and microservices.
• Proficient in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.
• Experience in agile teams with developers, testers, and a product owner.
• Proven track record designing and evolving shared platforms or infrastructure.
• Experience delivering cloud-native systems on AWS, with focus on scalability, reliability, security, and cost.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as a core contributor on the platform with direct impact on value delivered to customers and partners globally.
• Own key features and architectural improvements end-to-end from design through build.
• Collaborate with a high-expertise team to brainstorm and share ideas.
• Lead complex, business-critical challenges like third-party extensibility and real-time multi-user sync.
• Define and evolve technical architecture and standards for safe, scalable capabilities.
• Act as a technical leader through design reviews, RFCs, and hands-on collaboration.
• Lead proofs-of-concept to inform roadmap and architecture decisions.
• Partner with QA, Product, Security, and Domain SMEs to ensure robust observability and quality.
• Establish and promote engineering standards to improve consistency, security, and maintainability.
• Drive operational excellence by identifying risks and eliminating root causes affecting reliability, performance, or cost.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Security to evolve CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions.
• Participate in production support as a senior escalation point and drive root-cause analysis.

Conocimientos

Java

Microservices

Architecture leadership

Mentoring

CI/CD

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

MongoDB

Descripción del empleo

As a Staff Software Developer, you are a senior individual contributor who combines strong hands‑on skills with the ability to influence across teams, reduce ambiguity, and scale solutions beyond a single codebase. You shape architecture and standards, act as a technical leader through design reviews and RFCs, and mentor senior and junior engineers alike.

Location: This is a fully remote position located in Colombia.

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Responsibilities

• Serve as a core contributor on the platform, with direct impact on the value Caseware delivers to customers and distribution partners globally.
• Own key features and architectural improvements end-to-end — from design through build — using modern, leading‑edge technology and architecture.
• Collaborate with a team of deep technical experience and strong domain knowledge; brainstorm and share ideas.
• Take initiative on complex, business‑critical challenges such as third‑party extensibility and real‑time multi‑user synchronization.
• Define and evolve technical architecture, establishing standards that support safe, scalable, and reusable capabilities across teams.
• Act as a technical leader across teams, influencing architectural decisions through design reviews, RFCs, and hands‑on collaboration.
• Lead proof‑of‑concepts that inform roadmap and architectural decisions.
• Partner with QA, Product, Security, and Domain SMEs to ensure robust observability, reliability, and quality of the systems you own.
• Establish and promote engineering standards and best practices to improve consistency, security, and maintainability.
• Drive operational excellence by identifying systemic risks and eliminating root causes that impact reliability, performance, or cost.
• Partner with DevOps and Security teams to evolve CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and production safeguards.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance.
• Participate in production support as a senior escalation point, leading root‑cause analysis and driving preventative improvements.

AI-Augmented Development Expectations

• Champion effective, responsible use of AI‑assisted development tools across multiple teams.
• Define standards and guardrails for how AI‑assisted and agentic tooling is used across the SDLC, balancing velocity with correctness, security, and maintainability.
• Evaluate and pilot new AI‑assisted development tools and agentic workflows; make recommendations on adoption at scale.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers on advanced AI‑assisted development practices.
• Own feedback loops and metrics that measure the impact of AI‑assisted development on velocity and quality across teams.

Qualifications

• In‑depth, extensive experience with server‑side Java — viewed as a subject matter expert on all things Java.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with core Java.
• Experience working with both monolith applications and microservices.
• Good experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB.
• Experience working in an agile team with other developers, testers, and a product owner.
• Proven experience designing and evolving shared platforms or infrastructure used by multiple teams.
• Experience delivering cloud‑native systems on AWS, with familiarity around scalability, reliability, security, and cost management.
• Solid software engineering fundamentals and the ability to balance delivery speed with long‑term platform health.
• Proven experience contributing to, and taking ownership of, important architectural decisions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• Strong initiative to improve processes, tools, methodologies, and product quality.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud providers beyond AWS (Azure, Google Cloud).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Contributions to open‑source projects or a strong GitHub portfolio.
• Languages & Frameworks: Java
• Data: SQL Server, AWS RDS SQL Server
• Testing & Observability: New Relic, AWS CloudWatch
• ¨Contrato a termino Indefinido¨ with all the legal benefits
• Life insurance and funeral assistance
• Home office stipend
• Competitive compensation — above the market average
• 100% remote work environment and an excellent work‑life balance
• 5 Personal Time Off days per year
• Sick Leave Top up to total 100% of salary paid by the employer from Day 3 to 90.
• Recognition Award, additional paid time off in recognition of the corresponding year of service
• Upgrade vacation starting at 5 years of service
• Opportunity to work for a growing global SaaS leader company
• A culture that promotes independence, innovation, trust, and accountability
• Open space to be creative, innovative and strategize for the future
• Mentorship by highly experienced professional
• Budget for training, we want you to grow
• AI‑first environment: Be part of an AI‑first engineering organization that embraces modern tools, automation, and AI‑driven ways of working.