Engineering Manager: Lead Java Backends in Fed Cloud

Smarsh; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading compliance technology provider based in New York is seeking an experienced Manager of Engineering to lead the US Server team. This role involves managing and mentoring Java developers while providing technical leadership across system architecture and implementation. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Java development, strong expertise in AWS and DevOps, and experience leading teams in an Agile environment. This position offers a competitive salary of $170,000 - $190,000 a year.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development, including strong expertise with Spring / Spring Boot.
• 2+ years of experience leading a development team or providing significant technical leadership.
• Strong understanding of OOP, Java internals, concurrency, and multi-threaded programming.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing distributed backend systems and microservices.
• Practical experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures.
• DevOps-oriented mindset, familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability, automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Java developers, including hiring, coaching, performance reviews.
• Own technical design and architecture decisions across services deployed in both federal enclave and AWS cloud environments.
• Guide team members in delivering high quality, secure, and scalable backend systems.
• Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, QA, and Security teams to ensure high quality and compliant releases.

Skills

Java development

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Jenkins

Grafana

ELK

GitHub

Job description

A leading compliance technology provider based in New York is seeking an experienced Manager of Engineering to lead the US Server team. This role involves managing and mentoring Java developers while providing technical leadership across system architecture and implementation. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Java development, strong expertise in AWS and DevOps, and experience leading teams in an Agile environment. This position offers a competitive salary of $170,000 - $190,000 a year.