W2Hiring - Java Developer/Engineering Manager - Miami, FL 4 Days Onsite

Role: Java Engineer /Manager (Java) Duration: 6 Month Contract to Hire Location: Miami, FL | Onsite 4 days per week, remote Fridays- must currently reside within 1 hour of Miami, FL

Required

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams
• Strong hands on backend engineering background
• Experience building and supporting large scale, customer facing application
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non technical stakeholders
• Ability to work onsite four days per week in Miami, FL

Overview

• Lead and manage one or more software engineering teams of 5 to 15 engineers, including onshore and offshore resources
• Provide hands on technical leadership across backend services, APIs, and system integrations
• Establish engineering best practices across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and support
• Own team delivery, capacity planning, hiring, performance management, and career development
• Drive long term technical strategy while balancing near term delivery needs
• Partner with product, delivery, and business stakeholders to align engineering execution with roadmap priorities
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and serve as the engineering point of accountability for your product area
• Identify risks, dependencies, and blockers and proactively drive resolution
• Collaborate with platform, operations, and vendor partners to ensure system stability and performance

Technical Environment

• Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and API development
• Docker, Kubernetes, and Kustomize
• GitOps workflows using Argo CD
• Event driven architectures with Kafka
• Couchbase or other NoSQL databases
• Distributed systems and reactive programming concepts
• Backend integration supporting web and mobile client applications

What We re Looking For

• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams
• Strong hands on backend engineering background
• Experience building and supporting large scale, customer facing applications
• Proven ability to manage offshore teams and third party vendors
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non technical stakeholders
• High ownership mindset with end to end delivery accountability
• Ability to work onsite four days per week in Miami, FL

Nice to Have

• Experience with both web and mobile application development
• GraphQL and API gateway experience such as Apigee
• Experience with reactive frameworks such as WebFlux or Project Reactor