Senior Java SRE Tech Lead: Cloud, APIs & Observability

Pacer Group; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Pacer Group is seeking a Senior Java SRE Tech Lead to ensure scalability and reliability of core transaction systems. You will design and implement Java-based API services, leverage cloud platforms, and champion observability through ELK Stack and Dynatrace.

The role focuses on availability, integration challenges, and cross-team collaboration to deliver resilient systems for high-throughput platforms.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience with Java-based API services and public cloud deployments (AWS or equivalent).
• Strong background in Site Reliability Engineering concepts, including observability and incident management.
• Ability to design, implement, and optimize cloud-native architectures for high-throughput enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop, extend, and maintain robust API services using Java.
• Apply SRE principles to ensure availability, performance, and reliability of core systems.
• Implement observability tooling with ELK Stack and Dynatrace for proactive health monitoring.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive incident response and post-mortems.
• Tune and optimize PostgreSQL data persistence and database interactions.
• Lead efforts to improve system design for resilience and scalability.

Skills

Java

SRE principles

Cloud platforms

API development

Observability

Tools

ELK Stack

Dynatrace

PostgreSQL

Job description

Pacer Group is seeking a Senior Java SRE Tech Lead to ensure scalability and reliability of core transaction systems. You will design and implement Java-based API services, leverage cloud platforms, and champion observability through ELK Stack and Dynatrace.

The role focuses on availability, integration challenges, and cross-team collaboration to deliver resilient systems for high-throughput platforms.