Lead Java Backend Architect: APIs, AI & Cloud

Trigyn Technologies Limited; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Trigyn Technologies, Inc. in Albany, NY seeks an Expert Java Programmer to lead backend development for the UI Job Assist Tool, building secure REST endpoints and integrating MCP services with the UI system of record.

You will design Java-based microservices and APIs, review vendor specifications, and collaborate with ITS security, Data Architect, and Cloud teams. The role demands leadership, deep Java expertise, and experience in high-compliance environments.

Qualifications

• 96 months experience in enterprise backend software development and API architecture using Java and microservices.
• 36 months experience in a technical leadership or architecture role on enterprise systems.
• 24 months experience integrating enterprise applications with AI-enabled services or AI platforms.
• 12 months experience designing, implementing, or validating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, clients, tools, or integrations.
• 24 months experience with GCP cloud-native architectures and services (GKE, Pub/Sub, IAM, etc.).
• 24 months experience delivering solutions in high-compliance environments such as IRS Publication 1075, CJIS, HIPAA, or comparable regulated environments.
• 24 months experience designing data-integrity, write-back validation, or API security controls for transactional enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Build core REST endpoints, construct and optimize database queries in collaboration with the Data Architect, and implement business-logic validations.
• Design and review Java-based microservices and APIs supporting integration between the core UI system and the AI Job Assist Tool.
• Review, critique, and recommend approval of vendor API specifications, data schemas, and integration designs before ITS development begins.
• Act as a technical liaison among the vendor AI team, business subject-matter experts, and ITS security/infrastructure teams.
• Collaborate on establishing coding standards and branching strategies, and perform critical code reviews for security, performance, and maintainability.
• Design end-to-end integration among REST APIs, the MCP server, and the core UI system of record.
• Collaborate with GCP Cloud Engineering on secure egress proxies, VPC Service Controls, GKE, Pub/Sub, IAM, and related cloud-native architecture.
• Design validation frameworks that prevent corrupt or unapproved AI-generated data from being written back to the UI system.
• Anticipate and mitigate API instability, dependency, and database-change risks, and develop technical workarounds as needed.
• Develop and execute load-testing strategies to support approximately 1,500 concurrent users and document-heavy workloads.
• Support integration of AI capabilities and Model Context Protocol (MCP) services with enterprise Java/microservice solutions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and provide knowledge transfer and mentoring to State staff.

Skills

Java

Microservices

API design

Technical leadership

Code review

Tools

GCP

GKE

Pub/Sub

IAM

VPC Service Controls

Job description

Trigyn Technologies, Inc. in Albany, NY seeks an Expert Java Programmer to lead backend development for the UI Job Assist Tool, building secure REST endpoints and integrating MCP services with the UI system of record.

You will design Java-based microservices and APIs, review vendor specifications, and collaborate with ITS security, Data Architect, and Cloud teams. The role demands leadership, deep Java expertise, and experience in high-compliance environments.