Job Title: Tech Lead (Java/AWS) Location: Atlanta, GA or Raleigh, NC - Onsite Role Duration: 12 Months
Interview Process: Internal & Client **Onsite client interviews mandatory at Raleigh, NC or Atlanta, GA**
Job Summary: • Own and deliver user stories independently—from design and development through testing, deployment, and production support. • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend engineers; conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices. • Collaborate directly with clients to gather requirements, provide technical estimates, communicate progress, and resolve technical challenges. • Drive architecture and design decisions for scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems. • Work closely with cross-functional teams including Frontend, DevOps, QA, Product, and Infrastructure. • Ensure adherence to coding standards, CI/CD practices, release management, and delivery timelines. • Deploy applications across lower and production environments while ensuring smooth releases. • Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive solutions.
Required Skills: • Strong hands-on experience with Java 21 and Spring Boot. • Strong experience building Microservices and RESTful APIs. • Experience with messaging platforms such as IBM MQ and/or Apache Kafka. • Hands-on experience with AWS and deploying applications in cloud environments. • Experience with Docker and containerized application development. • Experience with Amazon EKS (Kubernetes), including Deployments, Services, Namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress, and application deployments. • Good understanding of AWS Route 53 for DNS management, hosted zones, and traffic routing. • Experience with AWS Glue, including Glue Jobs, Crawlers, Data Catalog, and ETL workflows. • Understanding of AWS networking concepts, including IAM, VPC, Security Groups, Load Balancers, and application connectivity. • Experience creating and configuring API proxiesusing tools such as MuleSoft, AWS API Gateway, Apigee, Kong, or similar API gateway/proxy solutions. • Experience with DynamoDB and PostgreSQL. • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and application deployment practices. • Experience using Splunk, Dynatrace, and Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support. • Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, scalability, resiliency, and performance optimization. • Proven experience leading engineering teams, mentoring developers, and independently owning technical deliverables. • Strong client-facing communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $53.57/hr - $54.49/hr.
