Technical Lead — Cloud-Native Microservices

Pluribus Digital; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

401k match

Bonus eligibility

Paid time off

Job summary

Pluribus Digital is seeking an Engineering Technical Lead to drive modernization of legacy enterprise applications for a government client. You will guide a small cross-functional team, define architecture direction, and enforce engineering best practices to deliver a secure, scalable cloud-ready platform.

You will mentor engineers, lead design sessions, and collaborate with product, security, and operations to reduce technical debt while meeting delivery timelines.

Qualifications

• Public Trust Clearance required.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong backend expertise with Java and enterprise application frameworks.
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems and refactoring complex codebases.
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design and integration patterns.
• Solid experience with relational databases and data migration concepts.
• Working knowledge of modern frontend frameworks and UI patterns.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for modernizing legacy enterprise applications into a scalable, cloud-ready architecture.
• Define technical direction, architecture standards, and engineering best practices for the team.
• Lead design sessions and architecture reviews; document technical decisions and solutions.
• Guide decomposition of monolithic systems into well-scoped, maintainable microservices.
• Design and implement backend services and RESTful APIs using modern frameworks and patterns.
• Provide technical leadership for frontend development and ensure clean API contracts.
• Lead secure authentication and authorization approaches in partnership with security stakeholders.
• Promote CI/CD automation, infrastructure-aware design, and production readiness (logging, monitoring, resiliency).
• Balance technical debt reduction with delivery timelines and operational risk.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical coaching, and day-to-day guidance.
• Partner closely with product, operations, and program stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Identify risks early and recommend mitigation strategies to keep delivery on track.

Skills

Public Trust Clearance

Microservices design

Backend development

Architectural leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Java

Enterprise frameworks

RESTful APIs

OAuth2/OIDC/JWT

RBAC

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

Pluribus Digital is seeking an Engineering Technical Lead to drive modernization of legacy enterprise applications for a government client. You will guide a small cross-functional team, define architecture direction, and enforce engineering best practices to deliver a secure, scalable cloud-ready platform.

You will mentor engineers, lead design sessions, and collaborate with product, security, and operations to reduce technical debt while meeting delivery timelines.