Hands-on Lead Java Backend Engineer - Chicago Hybrid, AWS

Robotic Technologies Automation

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 89,000 - 126,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Job summary

Robotic Technologies Automation seeks a hands-on Lead Java Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale enterprise APIs and microservices on an AWS-hosted platform. You will lead a team of about 12–13 engineers, drive architecture decisions, review designs, and mentor peers while continuing hands-on Java/Spring Boot work.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of software engineering experience with Java/Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and strong AWS experience.

Qualifications

10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on Java backend development.
Strong Java 17+ (21 preferred) and Spring Boot experience.
Extensive API design and RESTful API development experience.
Significant AWS/cloud experience with production deployments.
Proven technical leadership in architecture reviews, design decisions, and mentoring.
Experience with API management tools such as Apigee/OpenAPI/Gateway.
Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and end-to-end delivery.
Hands-on backend coding alongside leadership responsibilities.
Good to have knowledge of streaming/events (Kafka) and security patterns.

Responsibilities

Lead architecture decisions and code reviews while guiding a team of engineers.
Design, develop, and scale enterprise APIs and microservices on AWS-hosted platform.
Mentor developers and own critical delivery milestones.
Maintain hands-on development and ensure robust testing and deployment pipelines.