Java Tech Lead-5

Realign Llc; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Realign Llc in San Antonio, Texas is seeking a Java Tech Lead to design and drive enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS. You will shape technical architecture, set coding standards, and mentor distributed development teams.

You will lead REST API and event-driven service development, implement cloud-native solutions on AWS, and oversee CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and DevOps practices. Strong communication with stakeholders and hands-on leadership required.

Qualifications

• Experienced in leading enterprise Java projects.
• Strong knowledge of Java/JVM stack and Spring.
• Experience with Kafka-based streaming architectures.
• Proven ability to mentor distributed teams.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native patterns and AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and AWS.
• Define architecture, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor development teams and lead design reviews.
• Drive technical decisions and roadmaps.
• Oversee CI/CD and DevOps practices across delivery teams.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and ensure timely releases.

Skills

Java 11/17+

Spring Boot

Kafka

AWS

REST API

Microservices

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

DevOps

Security

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

SonarQube

Confluent Platform

Job description

Required Skills

• 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.

Appl ication 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.
• 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.
• Design and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Build highly available and scalable cloud solutions.
• Optimize cloud cost, security, and operational efficiency.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

API & Integration Development

• 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.
• 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.

Job Type: Full Time

Job Category: IT

Job Description

Java Tech Lead

San Antonio, Tx

Fulltime

Java/Springboot Technical Lead

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Required Skills

JAVA Developer