Senior Java Engineer - AI & Agentic Platforms

Sapient Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 165,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation policy

16 paid holidays

Parental leave and new parent program

Tuition reimbursement

Gift matching program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Irving, TX is seeking a Principal Java Microservices Architect - AI & Agentic Platforms to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of our core distributed microservices ecosystem. You will drive hands-on development with Java 17/21, Spring Boot, and cloud-native patterns, while building AI-powered agentic backends and AI orchestration layers across GCP and related ecosystems.

We value deep expertise in high-concurrency systems, DevOps practices, and scalable backend

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 7+ years in microservices architecture, system design, or technical leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on development experience with Java (17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactive Java, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, REST APIs.
• TypeScript, Python for AI framework bindings, orchestration and scripting.
• Deep distributed backend microservices architecture, fault tolerance, caching, and database design.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and implementation of core distributed microservices ecosystem.
• Hands-on development in Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactive Java, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, REST APIs.
• Design AI-powered conversational and agentic backend applications and AI orchestration layers.
• Drive cloud-native architectures and scalable backend platforms across Google Cloud and other clouds.

Skills

Enterprise Java microservices

Agentic AI systems

AI orchestration frameworks

Cloud-native architectures

High-concurrency backend design

Java 17+/21+

Spring Boot

GCP AI ecosystem

ADK & MCP

Docker & Kubernetes

Istio & Service Mesh

AI copilots & agent workflows

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

GKE

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Principal Java Microservices Architect - AI & Agentic Platforms to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of our core distributed microservices ecosystem.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Hands-on and possesses deep expertise in:

  • Enterprise Java microservices architecture,
  • Agentic AI systems & tool-calling backend frameworks,
  • AI orchestration frameworks,
  • Cloud-native distributed architectures,
  • Enterprise automation platforms, and
  • High-throughput backend system engineering.

  This role requires strong experience with:

  • Java 17+/21+ and Spring Boot
  • Google GCP and AI ecosystem,
  • Agent Development Kit (ADK) & Model Context Protocol (MCP),
  • Modern AI application microservices architectures.

Technical Qualifications:

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 7+ years in microservices architecture, system design, or technical leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on development experience with:
  • Java (17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactive Java (Project Reactor / RxJava), gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, REST APIs.
  • TypeScript, Python (for AI framework bindings, orchestration, and scripting).
  • Node.js ecosystems (nice to have for cross-platform integration).
• Deep expertise in distributed backend microservices architecture, fault tolerance (Resilience4j), caching (Redis), and database design (Relational & NoSQL).
• Strong experience building enterprise-grade, high-concurrency Java backend systems.
• Experience designing AI-powered conversational and agentic backend applications.
• Strong cloud-native architecture experience (Google Cloud / AWS / Azure).
• Hands-on expertise with Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), Service Mesh (Istio), Cloud CI/CD, and monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog).
• Hands-on expertise (preferred) with :
  • AI Agents, Tools, and Model Context Protocols (MCPs).
  • Google Agent Development Kit (ADK).
  • AI copilots, autonomous business workflows, and intelligent enterprise search systems.
  • Scalable, resilient cloud-native backend platforms.

Additional Information

Pay Range: $165,000 - $205,000

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

Benefits of Working Here:

• Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued
• 16 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Corporate gift matching program

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail] or you may call us at [phone].

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