Senior Backend Java Architect – Microservices & Performance

100 Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

Disability Benefits

Retirement Savings

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Job summary

Raymond James is seeking a Lead Developer for the Enterprise Services team in Saint Petersburg, FL. The role blends architecture and hands-on coding, with a hybrid in-office requirement of 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg Corporate Office.

Must be eligible to work in the US and not eligible for visa sponsorship. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering, strong Java 8+ and Spring expertise, and experience with distributed systems, APIs, and performance optimization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Software Engineering.
• 7+ years hands-on Java 8+ experience.
• Experience with REST, SOAP, and microservices architectures.
• Strong background in Spring/Spring Boot and design patterns.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with caching (Redis, Apache Ignite) and API performance.

Responsibilities

• Own SDLC activities with focus on performance and architectural excellence.
• Lead design and delivery of technical solutions across enterprise applications.
• Mentor junior developers and offshore teams; review design, code, and timelines.
• Address production issues promptly and drive improvements in reliability and scalability.
• Optimize APIs with caching strategies and streaming/messaging (Kafka, MQ).
• Collaborate with DevOps for CI/CD and monitoring (Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk).

Skills

Java 8+

REST

SOAP

Microservices

Spring/Spring Boot

Solution Architecture

Design Patterns

SQL/NoSQL

Caching (Redis, Ignite)

Kafka/MQ

API performance

Mentoring/leadership

CI/CD (Jenkins)

AWS

Datadog/Dynatrace/Splunk

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

Redis

Apache Ignite

Kafka

MQ

Jenkins

Datadog

Dynatrace

Splunk

AWS

Job description

Raymond James is seeking a Lead Developer for the Enterprise Services team in Saint Petersburg, FL. The role blends architecture and hands-on coding, with a hybrid in-office requirement of 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg Corporate Office.

Must be eligible to work in the US and not eligible for visa sponsorship. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software engineering, strong Java 8+ and Spring expertise, and experience with distributed systems, APIs, and performance optimization.