Senior Java Architect — Cloud-Native Microservices

Relha LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid parental leave

HSA/FSA

Job summary

TransUnion’s Core Online team is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to design, build, and support large-scale enterprise applications and global platforms. You will lead architecture for cloud-native, microservices-based solutions and drive RESTful APIs, event-driven services, and secure coding practices.

Role involves mentoring engineers, implementing CI/CD and DevSecOps, and ensuring platform reliability with strong focus on data protection in highly regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using Java and modern software engineering practices.
• Strong experience designing and developing distributed systems, microservices architectures, RESTful APIs, and event-driven applications.
• Experience building cloud-native applications and deploying solutions on cloud platforms, with GCP preferred.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production systems, troubleshooting complex issues, and leading incident resolution efforts.
• Experience working with highly regulated data and implementing security controls, including authentication, encryption, authorization, and OWASP best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support large-scale Java-based enterprise applications and global platforms.
• Lead the architecture and implementation of cloud-native, microservices-based solutions using modern engineering practices.
• Build high-volume, low-latency applications capable of meeting stringent availability and performance objectives.
• Design and develop REST APIs, event-driven services, and distributed systems that support global business operations.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive engineering best practices across the team.
• Implement CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, and software quality practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, observability, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Apply security best practices, secure coding standards, and data protection controls for highly regulated and sensitive data environments.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools and integrate AI-powered capabilities where appropriate to improve engineering productivity and solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring

REST APIs

Event-driven

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Maven

Git

SonarQube

Tools

GCP

Kubernetes

Maven

Git

SonarQube

TestContainers

Job description

TransUnion’s Core Online team is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to design, build, and support large-scale enterprise applications and global platforms. You will lead architecture for cloud-native, microservices-based solutions and drive RESTful APIs, event-driven services, and secure coding practices.

Role involves mentoring engineers, implementing CI/CD and DevSecOps, and ensuring platform reliability with strong focus on data protection in highly regulated environments.