Senior Java Full-Stack Lead: React + Spring, Cloud & CI/CD

aKube; Glendale (CA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 167,000; Part time

Job summary

aKube is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Engineer to join our Glendale team. The role focuses on delivering scalable Java/Spring backend services and React-based frontend features in a hybrid work setting with 3–4 onsite days.

The position starts with a 9‑month engagement and supports modern CI/CD, cloud deployments, and observability initiatives. The ideal candidate has at least five years of software engineering experience, strong Java/Spring hands-on skills, ORM proficiency, and deep React or

Qualifications

• At least five years of software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring.
• Experience with object-relational mapping frameworks.
• Experience building full-stack applications using React or a comparable frontend framework.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Experience developing and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack software applications.
• Lead medium- to large-scale features from design through production.
• Contribute to service and system architecture decisions.
• Develop production-ready code and participate in code and design reviews.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and engineering teams.
• Improve application observability, performance, reliability, and resiliency.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers.

Skills

Java

Spring

ORM frameworks

React

Relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL

REST/GraphQL APIs

CI/CD / cloud deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Kafka/Kinesis/SNS-SQS

Job description

aKube is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Engineer to join our Glendale team. The role focuses on delivering scalable Java/Spring backend services and React-based frontend features in a hybrid work setting with 3–4 onsite days.

The position starts with a 9‑month engagement and supports modern CI/CD, cloud deployments, and observability initiatives. The ideal candidate has at least five years of software engineering experience, strong Java/Spring hands-on skills, ORM proficiency, and deep React or