Principal Java Architect

Cerebra Consulting Inc; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebra Consulting Inc is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead architecture for scalable, secure Java-based systems. You will design solutions using Spring Boot, Quarkus, Modulith, microservices, DDD and Clean/Hexagonal Architecture, and define integration strategies with messaging platforms.

You will establish standards, review designs for performance and security, and guide modernization of legacy apps while mentoring engineers toward quality and operational readiness.

Qualifications

• 10+ years software development with architecture or principal engineer experience
• Expert Java with Spring Boot, Spring Framework and Quarkus
• Strong communication with engineering and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise application architecture for scalable, resilient Java-based systems
• Design solutions with Spring Boot, Quarkus, Modulith, microservices, DDD and Clean/Hexagonal Architecture
• Define integration strategies using ActiveMQ and IBM MQ messaging
• Establish architecture standards, reference patterns and guardrails
• Review designs, code quality, API contracts, performance and security before major releases
• Guide modernization of legacy systems and cloud-native adoption
• Mentor engineers and promote quality, automation and operational readiness

Skills

Advanced Java

Spring Boot

Quarkus

RESTful design

Microservices

DDD

JPA/Hibernate

SQL/NoSQL

Security

Observability

Tools

ActiveMQ

IBM MQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise application architecture for scalable, resilient, secure Java-based systems
• Design solutions using Spring Boot, Quarkus, Modulith, microservices, DDD and Clean/Hexagonal Architecture
• Define integration strategies using ActiveMQ and IBM MQ messaging
• Establish architecture standards, reference patterns and engineering guardrails
• Review designs, code quality, API contracts, performance and security before major releases
• Guide modernization of legacy systems and cloud-native adoption
• Mentor engineers and promote quality, automation and operational readiness

Requirements

• Advanced Java engineering, concurrency, memory management and performance tuning
• RESTful, event-driven and asynchronous messaging design skills
• Authentication, authorization, secure coding and secrets management
• Observable systems using logging, metrics, tracing and alerting
• 10+ years software development, including 5+ years as architect or principal engineer
• Expert Java with Spring Boot, Spring Framework and Quarkus
• Modular architecture, microservices, DDD, JPA/Hibernate, SQL and NoSQL
• Strong communication with engineering and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML, SSO, JWT and secure API design
• ActiveMQ, IBM MQ, cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD and observability tools
• High-volume transaction, financial services or telecom environments

About the Company

• Cerebra is a technology company hiring remote engineering talent.