Lead Java Production Support Engineer (Hybrid, Banking)

Tech Mirrors; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced Lead Java Application Support/Production Support Engineer to manage production incidents for critical banking applications. Hybrid work arrangement in a client-facing, fast-paced environment.

Required 10+ years in production support, deep Java/Spring Boot expertise, REST API troubleshooting, Kafka, and database skills (Oracle/MongoDB). Strong leadership and mentoring abilities essential for guiding the team through major incidents.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years of experience supporting business-critical applications in production.
• Proven experience with Java and Spring Boot in production environments.
• Strong troubleshooting of REST APIs and distributed systems.
• Hands-on Kafka experience and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Oracle and/or MongoDB databases.
• Strong SQL skills and database troubleshooting.
• Expertise in microservices and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience with Splunk for monitoring and log analytics.
• Incidents, RCA, and production support leadership experience.
• Ability to lead major incidents and mentor team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead major incidents and drive resolution across on-call teams.
• Provide hands-on production support for mission-critical banking applications.
• Mentor junior engineers and establish best practices for incident management.
• Collaborate with Dev and Ops to improve system reliability and observability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST API

Kafka

Oracle

MongoDB

SQL

Microservices

Splunk

Incident Management

RCA

Production Support

Leadership

Mentoring

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Cloud

ServiceNow

Job description

Tech Mirrors in Charlotte, NC is seeking an experienced Lead Java Application Support/Production Support Engineer to manage production incidents for critical banking applications. Hybrid work arrangement in a client-facing, fast-paced environment.

Required 10+ years in production support, deep Java/Spring Boot expertise, REST API troubleshooting, Kafka, and database skills (Oracle/MongoDB). Strong leadership and mentoring abilities essential for guiding the team through major incidents.