Senior Java Lead Engineer - Scalable Systems & Spring Boot

BC Forward; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Seattle to design, build, and deliver scalable, high-volume enterprise applications using Core Java, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP, and SQL/PLSQL. You will lead a team, provide architectural direction, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across regions.

The role requires 10+ years of Java/J2EE experience, strong UML understanding, and hands-on expertise with distributed systems and Agile SDLC.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on Java/J2EE delivering mission-critical enterprise applications.
• Strong experience in Core Java, J2EE, Spring and REST/SOAP services.
• Experience with SQL, Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and NoSQL Cassandra.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, test, support, maintain, and debug software applications for business and support functions.
• Serve as a senior technical member assisting senior business leaders and management.
• Provide strategic technical direction and systems architecture for initiatives.
• Recommend technological innovations that align with business system requirements.
• Lead estimation of effort and guide one or more programmers.
• Coordinate with external programming teams to deliver on time and within budget.
• Provide feedback and technical guidance to project managers on issues critical to business objectives.
• Create prototypes to validate designs.
• Prepare UML diagrams to document current and future state architectures.

Skills

Core Java

J2EE

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

RESTful services

SOAP web services

SQL

Oracle SQL/PLSQL

NoSQL Cassandra

Apache Kafka

JUnit

Eclipse/IntelliJ

Maven

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Splunk

SOAP UI

AI-enabled development tools

Microservices patterns

Tools

Java/J2EE

Job description

BCforward is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Seattle to design, build, and deliver scalable, high-volume enterprise applications using Core Java, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP, and SQL/PLSQL. You will lead a team, provide architectural direction, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across regions.

The role requires 10+ years of Java/J2EE experience, strong UML understanding, and hands-on expertise with distributed systems and Agile SDLC.