Principal Java/Scala Engineer - Lead Search & Cloud APIs

Tekniforce; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent technology firm is seeking a Principal Java/Scala Software Engineer to shape next-generation products and strategies. This full-time, hybrid role requires over 10 years of enterprise development experience with Java or Scala, deep knowledge of search engines, and proficiency in cloud-based services such as AWS. You will design scalable solutions and mentor junior engineers as part of a collaborative team in Raleigh, North Carolina. Local candidates preferred.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise development languages such as Java or Scala.
• Knowledge of message queues and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with modern search engines like Solr or Elasticsearch.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on coding and technical issues.
• Design and implement scalable solutions including schema design and query optimization.
• Develop and maintain Java-based APIs to interface with Solr and other backend systems.

Skills

Java

Scala

Kafka

SQS

Solr

Elasticsearch

AWS

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

Test-driven development

Tools

AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway)

Job description

A prominent technology firm is seeking a Principal Java/Scala Software Engineer to shape next-generation products and strategies. This full-time, hybrid role requires over 10 years of enterprise development experience with Java or Scala, deep knowledge of search engines, and proficiency in cloud-based services such as AWS. You will design scalable solutions and mentor junior engineers as part of a collaborative team in Raleigh, North Carolina. Local candidates preferred.