Senior Contract Technical Lead - Java & AWS

CapTech; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

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Job summary

CapTech is seeking a senior Contract Technical Lead to steer a large-scale enterprise migration and modernization. This hands-on leader sets technical direction while actively implementing, reviewing code, and guiding engineering teams.

You’ll focus on Java, AWS, REST APIs, data migrations, and observability, balancing strong architecture with practical delivery across complex environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering in complex enterprise environments.
• Recent, hands-on Java and backend engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years AWS architecture/design with implementation focus.
• Experience as Technical Lead, Lead Engineer or Architect.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and implementation for a complex migration and modernization program.
• Remain hands-on with Java/backend development; review code and designs.
• Design and troubleshoot AWS solutions across compute, storage, networking, services.
• Define REST APIs and service architectures with versioning and integration patterns.
• Lead data migration decisions involving relational data, lineage and reconciliation.
• Design event-driven solutions using messaging and asynchronous workflows.
• Integrate cloud apps with legacy databases, APIs, messaging, and enterprise adapters.
• Drive CI/CD and IaC using Git/GitHub, Harness, Terraform.
• Establish production observability and support, including Dynatrace.
• Implement enterprise security basics including Entra ID.
• Translate architecture into actionable stories; mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to challenge assumptions and deliverables.

Skills

Java backend

AWS architecture

REST APIs

Data migrations

Mentoring

CI/CD

Terraform

GitHub

Dynatrace

Entra ID

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Dynatrace

Harness

Job description

CapTech is seeking a senior Contract Technical Lead to steer a large-scale enterprise migration and modernization. This hands-on leader sets technical direction while actively implementing, reviewing code, and guiding engineering teams.

You’ll focus on Java, AWS, REST APIs, data migrations, and observability, balancing strong architecture with practical delivery across complex environments.