Senior Java Engineer - Cloud Microservices Lead (Remote)

Initiate Government Solutions, LLC.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health benefits

401K matching

Job summary

Initiate Government Solutions, LLC is seeking a remote Senior Java Engineer to lead design, migration, and support of scalable Java microservices and APIs for a federal client in a modern cloud environment. This role combines hands-on coding with technical leadership: API design (REST/GraphQL), data-layer migration, security, and Kubernetes in AWS, plus on-call support and collaboration with distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams in building scalable Java services.
• Proven experience breaking down large, complex legacy monoliths into smaller, independent services.
• Deep hands‑on knowledge of modern Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and REST API development.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs.
• Ability to lead engineering teams while remaining hands‑on with development.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Familiarity with application security principles and secure development practices.
• Familiarity with Git version control.
• Familiarity with OAuth.
• US Citizenship required due to clearance requirement
• Strong organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute migration from legacy monolithic code to modern, scalable Java-based microservices without disrupting live systems.
• Lead API design and development, including specifications, endpoints, data models, and protocols such as REST and GraphQL.
• Lead data strategy and migration of shared databases into service-specific data layers while maintaining data integrity.
• Identify and resolve data or system bottlenecks early in the development lifecycle.
• Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes in AWS, including deployment manifests, Helm, scaling, rollouts, and resource requests/limits.
• Tune and optimize databases through query performance tuning, indexing strategy, connection pooling, migration strategy, and caching patterns.
• Write production-grade code for core services and remain deeply involved in the codebase.
• Ensure seamless API integration with internal systems, external systems, applications, and third-party services.
• Promote adoption of AI in the API development lifecycle, including use of GitHub Copilot for coding.
• Implement authentication, authorization, encryption, and other security best practices to protect data and services.
• Monitor and optimize API performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Support on-call operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Hibernate

REST API development

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Git

Job description

Initiate Government Solutions, LLC is seeking a remote Senior Java Engineer to lead design, migration, and support of scalable Java microservices and APIs for a federal client in a modern cloud environment. This role combines hands-on coding with technical leadership: API design (REST/GraphQL), data-layer migration, security, and Kubernetes in AWS, plus on-call support and collaboration with distributed teams.