Senior Java Tech Lead for Enterprise Migration (Contract)

CapTech Consulting

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 138,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

CapTech Consulting is seeking a Contract Technical Lead to drive a large-scale migration and modernization for a Fortune‑level enterprise. This player‑coach role balances hands‑on Java development with architectural leadership and code review across AWS, APIs, data migrations, and complex integrations.

The ideal candidate has a senior Java background, substantial AWS experience, and a track record leading large programs while guiding teams, defining APIs, and ensuring best practices in CI/CD and

Qualifications

10+ years of software engineering experience, ideally within complex enterprise environments.
Recent, hands-on experience with Java and backend engineering.
3-5+ years of AWS architecture/design experience, with the ability to troubleshoot at an implementation level.
Experience serving as a Technical Lead, Lead Java Engineer, Lead Backend Engineer, Application Architect, or hands-on Solution Architect.
Strong experience with REST APIs, microservices/service design, and enterprise integration patterns.
Experience leading or supporting large-scale migrations, application modernization, or legacy transformation programs.
Strong knowledge of relational databases, data migration, reconciliation, lineage, and system-of-record decisions.
Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging, and asynchronous systems.
Experience with Terraform, CI/CD, Git/GitHub, and modern deployment practices.
Experience with production observability and support, ideally including Dynatrace.
Working knowledge of enterprise security and identity, including Entra ID.
Ability to balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring, story decomposition, and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

Lead technical design and implementation for a complex enterprise migration and modernization program.
Remain hands-on with Java/backend development, making implementation decisions, reviewing code and designs, and unblocking developers.
Design and troubleshoot AWS solutions across compute, storage, networking, services, and deployment.
Define REST APIs and service architectures, including contracts, versioning, integrations, resilience, and failure handling.
Lead complex data migration and architecture decisions involving relational data, lineage, reconciliation, transformation, and authoritative data sources.
Design event-driven solutions using messaging, queues, producer/consumer patterns, and asynchronous workflows.
Integrate modern cloud applications with legacy databases, APIs, messaging platforms, files/SFTP, and enterprise adapters.
Drive CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices using Git/GitHub, Harness, Terraform, and related technologies.
Establish production-ready observability and support practices, including Dynatrace, logging, monitoring, retries, error handling, and troubleshooting.
Incorporate enterprise identity and security standards, including Entra ID and role-based access controls.
Translate architecture into actionable technical stories and implementation plans.
Mentor engineers, establish development standards, and provide technical direction throughout delivery.
Partner with business stakeholders to understand operational requirements and appropriately challenge technical or implementation assumptions.

Skills

Java backend

AWS architecture

Technical leadership

REST APIs

Data migration

CI/CD

Terraform

Git/GitHub

Dynatrace

Tools

Terraform

Git/GitHub

Dynatrace

CI/CD

Job description

The ideal candidate has a senior Java background, substantial AWS experience, and a track record leading large programs while guiding teams, defining APIs, and ensuring best practices in CI/CD and

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