Software Development Lead / Architect-6

REALIGN LLC; New Castle (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

REALIGN LLC in New Castle, DE is seeking a Software Development Lead / Architect with 10+ years of experience to drive technical leadership across multiple locations, including New Castle, DE, Jersey City, NJ, and Tampa, FL. The role focuses on architecture governance, microservices, and scalable Java-based solutions.

You will mentor teams, lead technical design discussions, and ensure robust, secure, and high-performing systems across on-prem and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Java development experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot/MVC/Data in microservices.
• Proven ability to design and implement RESTful APIs and messaging.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture reviews and governance for critical systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain Java microservices with scalable patterns.
• Mentor developers and drive best practices in CI/CD and DevOps.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

OpenAPI/Swagger

Kafka

MongoDB

Tools

OpenShift

AWS

Kafka

MongoDB

SQL

Job description

New Castle, Delaware 19720 Posted September 14th, 2026

Job Title: Software Development Lead / Architect

Location: New Castle, DE & Jersey City, NJ & Tampa, FL

Full Time

Exp:-10+Yrs

Job Description

Technical Leadership

• Architecture Review and Governance
• Technical Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Proof of Concept (POC) Leadership

Core Development

• Java (8/11/17) – strong hands on experience
• Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data

Database & Data Layer

Integration & Messaging

• Experience with Kafka (preferred)
• REST based integrations with upstream/downstream systems
• Design, develop, and maintain Java based microservices
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to solution architecture.
• Implement RESTful APIs adhering to enterprise design standards
• Develop and optimize SQL queries (E3 level) for transactional and reporting use cases
• Design and manage MongoDB schemas, indexes, and queries
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of microservices
• Apply exception handling, logging, monitoring, and resiliency patterns
• Build event-driven solutions using Kafka and messaging frameworks.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, QA, and DevOps teams
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and defect resolution
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and production issues
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis (RCA).
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.
• Follow secure coding and compliance standards

Required Skills

Job Type: Full Time

Job Category: IT

Job Description

Job Title: Software Development Lead / Architect

Location: New Castle, DE & Jersey City, NJ & Tampa, FL

Full Time

Exp:-10+Yrs

Job Description

Technical Leadership

• Solution Architecture & System Design
• Architecture Review and Governance
• Technology Roadmap Planning
• Application Modernization Strategies
• Technical Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Proof of Concept (POC) Leadership

Core Development

• Java (8/11/17) – strong hands on experience
• Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data
• Microservices architecture (service decomposition, API contracts)
• REST APIs, JSON, OpenAPI / Swagger
• Kafka producer, consumer, partitioning
• MongoDb
• Openshift / AWS

Database & Data Layer

• MongoDB
• Document modeling
• Indexing strategies
• Aggregation framework
• CRUD & performance tuning

Integration & Messaging

• Experience with Kafka (preferred)
• REST based integrations with upstream/downstream systems
• Design, develop, and maintain Java based microservices
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to solution architecture.
• Implement RESTful APIs adhering to enterprise design standards
• Develop and optimize SQL queries (E3 level) for transactional and reporting use cases
• Design and manage MongoDB schemas, indexes, and queries
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of microservices
• Apply exception handling, logging, monitoring, and resiliency patterns
• Build event-driven solutions using Kafka and messaging frameworks.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, QA, and DevOps teams
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and defect resolution
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and production issues
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis (RCA).
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, estimation, and retrospectives.
• Follow secure coding and compliance standards

Required Skills

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