Director, Java DevTools & Productivity

Selby Jennings; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading US recruitment firm is seeking a Distinguished Engineer for a Java Developer role in California. This director-level position involves designing developer tools and frameworks, mentoring senior engineers, and leading technical strategies for developer experience. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in software engineering, with expert knowledge in Java and AWS services, and be able to influence technical direction. This position is onsite, working five days a week in Palo Alto.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, delivering complex systems at scale.
• Expert-level Java development skills, including JVM internals and performance tuning.
• Strong AWS experience, including EC2, S3, Lambda, and IAM.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance developer tools and frameworks.
• Lead technical strategy for developer experience initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to streamline development processes.

Skills

Java development

AWS services

CI/CD systems

Distributed systems

Problem-solving

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading US recruitment firm is seeking a Distinguished Engineer for a Java Developer role in California. This director-level position involves designing developer tools and frameworks, mentoring senior engineers, and leading technical strategies for developer experience. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in software engineering, with expert knowledge in Java and AWS services, and be able to influence technical direction. This position is onsite, working five days a week in Palo Alto.