Senior Cloud Native Developer

Jobtailor; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior software engineer to lead architectural direction across the organization and drive AI-first delivery. You will bridge practitioners and architects to ensure alignment with goals, while mentoring teams in modern techniques and XP practices.

You will work across the full stack (Java/Spring Boot, .NET) and tackle complex problems, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and curiosity about the future of software development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional programming experience.
• Ability to navigate large polyglot codebases and contribute quickly.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural direction and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Drive improvements in development practices and mentor teams in modern techniques.
• Lead AI-first delivery, evaluate tools, and establish guardrails for AI-assisted development.
• Develop across full stack (Java/Spring Boot, .NET) and connect business context to architecture.
• Act as a change agent, fostering continuous improvement and curiosity.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

.NET

AI tooling

Pair programming

TDD

Mentoring

Tools

Git

Job description

Responsibilities

• Partner with fellow practice leads to set the north star for architectural patterns, design principles, and implementation standards, bridging practitioners and architects to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Continuously assess development practices and drive improvements, pairing with teams to teach modern techniques and XP practices.
• Champion and scale AI‑first delivery across the organization — evaluating emerging tools, establishing practices and guardrails, and owning our internal playbook for AI‑assisted development.
• Bring deep technical expertise across the full stack (Java/Spring Boot, .NET, or both), connecting business domain context to architectural design within our AI toolset.
• Act as a change agent, cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, experimentation, and curiosity about where software development is headed.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of professional programming experience.
• Ability to dive into large, polyglot codebases and contribute quickly while you learn.
• Comfortable working across multiple programming languages and paradigms.
• Genuinely curious about new languages, patterns, and ways of thinking about problems.
• Experience leveraging AI coding tools tactically and strategically throughout your engineering workflow, with a particular emphasis on agentic approaches.
• Demonstrable ability to research and break down complex problems into discrete, actionable parts.
• Empathy for your colleagues and a habit of giving and receiving feedback openly and continuously.
• Enthusiastic about (or at least open to) Test‑Driven Development (TDD).
• Experience in a pair programming environment (preferred).
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting complex systems, with the ability to dig into logs, metrics, and streaming data to diagnose issues quickly.
• Has mentored others in a professional setting.
• Experience in the Insurance industry (major plus).