Lead Java Backend Engineer — AWS Cloud Native (Remote)

Zohorecruit; Chicago (IL); Remoto; USD 140.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Zohorecruit is seeking an IT Software Engineer 5 / Java Backend Developer for a 12-month contract (full-time). The role is 100% remote with travel as needed and centers on 90-100% backend development, driving AWS cloud adoption and modernization.

Ideal candidates have strong Java, Spring Boot, microservices, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch experience, and a track record of technical leadership, architecture direction, and mentoring engineers on scalable cloud-native solutions.

Competenze

• Proven Java backend and Spring Boot experience with microservices design.
• Strong cloud and DevOps practices; focus on scalable, secure AWS deployments.
• Experience leading teams, mentoring engineers, and driving delivery of cloud-native solutions.

Mansioni

• Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team building scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Drives architecture decisions, best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices and AWS infrastructure.
• Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to align investments with business goals while mentoring engineers.

Conoscenze

Java Backend

Technical Leadership

Cloud Architecture

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

DevOps

CI/CD

OpenSearch

AWS

Strumenti

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Docker

GitHub

CI/CD tooling

AWS Cloud Services

Descrizione del lavoro

Zohorecruit is seeking an IT Software Engineer 5 / Java Backend Developer for a 12-month contract (full-time). The role is 100% remote with travel as needed and centers on 90-100% backend development, driving AWS cloud adoption and modernization.

Ideal candidates have strong Java, Spring Boot, microservices, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch experience, and a track record of technical leadership, architecture direction, and mentoring engineers on scalable cloud-native solutions.