Lead Java Engineer with Ecommerce Background

Merican Inc; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Merican Inc. in Plano, Texas, is seeking a Lead Java Engineer with ecommerce background to design, develop, and mentor on enterprise-grade web platforms. This role requires guiding Java/J2EE/Spring/Spark teams and collaborating with product teams to build scalable, test-driven solutions.

The candidate will lead architectural discussions, prototype solutions, and coordinate with QA, DevOps, Infra, and SRE to maintain a stable environment. Hybrid work in Plano is offered.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience developing in Java technologies.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Gradle, Microservices architecture, REST, Java 1.8, Spark.
• Experience with NoSQL Cassandra and SQL Oracle.
• Spark programming – nice to have.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins and related build/deploy tools.
• Ecommerce/Retail experience – nice to have.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise level, high-volume web applications using Java and JEE.
• Provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to the Java development teams.
• Design solutions, develop, implement, maintain and support Java components and interfaces.
• Lead project teams of Java/J2EE/Spring/Spark/Database developers, mentoring and architecting.
• Participate in design discussions with product management and dev teams.
• Contribute to evaluation, prototyping and selection of software solutions.
• Apply Test Driven Development practices and quality measurement tools.
• Coordinate with QA, DevOps, Infra, SRE for a stable development environment.
• Work with Product/Business teams to understand business needs and create technical solutions.

Skills

Java

OO design

Team mentoring

Agile/Scrum

J2EE

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Gradle

Microservices

REST

Spark

Oracle

Cassandra

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Lead Java Engineer with Ecommerce Background

Plano, Texas, US (Hybrid)

Role Responsibilities:

• Design and develop enterprise level, high-volume web applications platforms and state of the art technical solutions leveraging Java and JEE platform technologies.
• Provide hands-on guidance and mentorship to the Java development teams
• Responsible for designing solutions, developing, implementing, maintaining and supporting Java based components and interfaces
• Leading project teams of Java/J2ee/Spring/Spark/Database developers, including mentoring, architecting, breaking features into stories and follow through
• Participate in design discussions and solution design sessions with product management and software development teams
• Contribute to the evaluation, prototyping and selection of software solutions
• Apply Test Driven Development practices and software quality measurement tools
• Coordinate with the various teams such as Quality Assurance, DevOps, Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering(SRE) to ensure stable development environment
• Work with Product/Business teams to understand business needs and create technical solutions

Technical Skills:

• 10 years of experience developing in Java technologies with equivalent experience in systems analysis, OO design, OO programming and debugging skills
• 4 Experience in technology stack including Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Gradle, Microservices Architecture, REST, Java 1.8, Spark
• Experience No SQL(Cassandra)/ in SQL(Oracle)
• Experience in Spark Programming -- nice to have
• Experience with build and deployment using Git/Stash/Jenkins etc.
• eCommerce experience (Retail) -- nice to have
• Experience working with Agile/scrum teams