Lead Software Engineer - Java, Spring & Microservices

Labcorp; Burlington (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

PTO/FTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Labcorp is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Durham NC or Burlington NC for a hybrid schedule (3 in-office, 2 remote) on a Monday–Friday 1st shift. You will lead multi-team initiatives, own end-to-end delivery of high-volume systems, and drive architecture for distributed, event-driven microservices.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering, strong Java/Spring experience, and cloud expertise (Azure/AWS).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Java development.
• 3+ years building RESTful services with Spring.
• 3+ years using Maven or Gradle for builds.
• 3+ years with unit testing frameworks (JUnit/Mockito).
• 3+ years SQL development and database management.
• 3+ years designing solutions on Azure or AWS.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership on complex, multi-team initiatives
• Own end-to-end delivery for systems handling high-volume transactions
• Lead architecture and design decisions for distributed systems and event-driven microservices
• Build prototypes and proofs of concept to validate new technologies
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence

Skills

Java

RESTful APIs

Spring

Build tools

Unit testing

SQL & DB

Cloud (Azure/AWS)

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Labcorp is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Durham NC or Burlington NC for a hybrid schedule (3 in-office, 2 remote) on a Monday–Friday 1st shift. You will lead multi-team initiatives, own end-to-end delivery of high-volume systems, and drive architecture for distributed, event-driven microservices.

The role requires 8+ years in software engineering, strong Java/Spring experience, and cloud expertise (Azure/AWS).