Senior Java Backend Tech Lead — Remote, AWS & Modernization

Summit Tech Partners LLC

United States

Remote

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Summit Tech Partners LLC is seeking a Tech Lead Software Engineer (Java Backend) for a fully remote U.S. contract role.

You will lead the design and delivery of scalable backend services on AWS, mentor engineers, and guide modernization and cloud-transformation efforts across critical platforms. You will act as a hands-on technical leader, driving event-driven architectures, production reliability, and AI-enabled engineering practices while partnering with Product, Platform, and Engineering

Qualifications

8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Experience as Technical Lead / Lead Engineer or Senior IC.
Strong Java backend development in enterprise environments.
Hands-on AWS experience with compute, messaging, storage, and cloud-native services.
Production distributed systems experience.
Knowledge of event-driven architecture and service integrations.
Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and modern delivery practices.
Production support, monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response.

Responsibilities

Lead design and development of scalable backend services using Java and cloud-native tech.
Provide architectural direction to engineering teams.
Modernize legacy apps and migrate services to AWS.
Design event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
Mentor engineers and elevate team capabilities.
Drive engineering best practices, coding standards, and reliability.