Lead Java Developer - F2F Interview - Only Local to TX

Job Details
Lead Java Developer
Long Term Contract or Fulltime
Dallas, TX

• Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
• Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
• Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
• Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
• Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
• Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
• Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
• Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
• Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
• Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
• Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
• Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
• Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriat

Top Mandatory Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience needed Java (17/21) + Spring Boot 3.x/4.x, Maven.
• Python + Streamlit -- able to code and ship changes to the Streamlit planner dashboard;
• Plus consuming secured (OAuth2) REST APIs with data filtering & validation (clean, validate, normalize before downstream use).
• Cloud-native delivery + high-quality engineering -- Docker + Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, SonarQube gates), OAuth2/Spring Security, TDD (JUnit 5 + Mockito), and consistently high coding standards.
• Also required: comfortable pair-working with AI coding agents (Claude / Copilot) for fast changes;
• A collaborative team player who is open to ideas/feedback;

Nice to Have Skills and Experience (preferred but not required):

Exposure to mathematical optimization / solvers (FICO Xpress, Gurobi, CPLEX, OR-Tools), enough to collaborate with Operations Research professionals; Azure (Blob/ADLS, azure-identity) incl. Analyzing ADLS data to debug, find issues, and derive insights; OpenTelemetry/Micrometer; PIT mutation testing; Backstage / Runway / ArgoCD; WebFlux/reactive; CSV/Excel (OpenCSV, POI) parsing at scale; MkDocs/TechDocs; aviation / Maintenance / MRO domain.