Java Tech Lead

Siri InfoSolutions Inc; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Siri InfoSolutions Inc in San Antonio, Texas is seeking a Java Tech Lead to guide the design and development of enterprise applications using Java 11/17+ and Spring Boot in an onsite capacity. The role emphasizes building scalable microservices, event-driven architectures, and AWS cloud integration.

You will define technical architecture, set coding standards, and engineering best practices while mentoring development teams.

Qualifications

• Lead design and development of enterprise applications using Java and Spring.
• Experience with Kafka-based event-driven architectures and AWS.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, API design, and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS.
• Define technical architecture, solution patterns, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to development teams.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and design walkthroughs.
• Drive technical decision-making and technology roadmaps.

Skills

Java 11/17+

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring Security

Spring Cloud

Apache Kafka

Kafka Streams

Confluent Platform

Event-Driven Architecture

Asynchronous Messaging

AWS EC2

AWS ECS/EKS

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

S3

SQS

SNS

CloudWatch

IAM

Microservices

DDD

Service Discovery

API Gateway

Distributed Transactions

Resiliency

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

SonarQube

Oracle

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

OpenAPI/Swagger

JSON

OAuth 2.0

JWT

ELK Stack

Grafana

Tools

Java

Spring

Kafka

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Role Java Tech Lead

Location San Antonio, TX (Onsite)

Fulltime

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Core Technologies

• Java 11/17+
• Spring Boot
• Spring MVC
• Spring Security
• Spring Cloud

Messaging & Streaming

• Apache Kafka
• Kafka Streams
• Confluent Platform
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Asynchronous Messaging

Cloud Technologies

• AWS EC2
• AWS ECS / EKS
• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• S3
• SQS
• SNS
• CloudWatch
• IAM

Microservices

• Microservices Architecture
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Service Discovery
• API Gateway Patterns
• Distributed Transactions
• Resiliency Patterns

DevOps

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• Terraform
• Ansible
• SonarQube

Databases

• Oracle
• PostgreSQL

API Technologies

• REST APIs
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• JSON
• OAuth 2.0
• JWT

Monitoring & Observability

• ELK Stack
• Grafana

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS.
• Define technical architecture, solution patterns, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to development teams.
• Conduct architecture reviews, code reviews, and design walkthroughs.
• Drive technical decision-making and technology roadmaps.

Application Development

• Design and develop scalable microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build reusable frameworks and shared components.
• Develop REST APIs and event-driven services.
• Implement fault-tolerant and high-availability solutions.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.

Kafka & Event-Driven Architecture

• Design and implement Kafka-based event streaming solutions.
• Create producers, consumers, and stream-processing applications.
• Define topic strategies, partitioning, retention policies, and message schemas.
• Monitor and optimize Kafka cluster performance.
• Implement asynchronous integration patterns and real-time data processing.

AWS Cloud Engineering

• Design and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Build highly available and scalable cloud solutions.
• Optimize cloud cost, security, and operational efficiency.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

API & Integration Development

• Design enterprise-grade RESTful APIs.
• Develop secure integration solutions with internal and external systems.
• Implement API security, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
• Build integration services using event-based and synchronous communication patterns.

DevOps & CI/CD

• Establish CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment.
• Implement DevSecOps practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployments.
• Improve release quality through automation and monitoring.

Delivery & Team Management

• Lead distributed onshore/offshore development teams.
• Estimate project efforts and participate in release planning.
• Track delivery risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, architects, QA teams, and product owners.
• Support Agile ceremonies and sprint execution.