IT Software Engineer

Hi,



We are having an immediate requirement for Lead Software Engineer Java / Spring Boot / AWS

Interview: In-Person Required

Candidates: Local Candidates Only

Work Location: Chicago, IL

Work Authorization: / / OPT

Employment: W2/C2C

We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience to provide technical leadership in designing, developing, testing, and deploying enterprise-scale digital platforms hosted on AWS.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Extensive experience with Java 17+ / Java 21+ and Spring Boot

• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs and microservices

• Experience with Apigee API Gateway or similar API management platforms

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform; AWS preferred

• Experience writing automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests using JUnit, Mockito, or similar frameworks

• Strong experience with Event-Driven Architecture

• Experience with messaging/streaming technologies such as:

  • AWS Kinesis

  • SQS / SNS

  • Apache Kafka

  • RabbitMQ

  • Azure Event Hub

• Strong knowledge of multiple datastore technologies:

  • Relational: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, AWS RDS/Aurora

  • NoSQL: MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB

  • Search: Elasticsearch

  • Caching: Redis

  • Vector Databases

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GoCD, or similar tools

• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum

• Experience implementing secure service-to-service integrations using OAuth 2.0, JWT, and entitlement-based authorization

• Excellent decision-making, critical thinking, communication, and technical leadership skills

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of enterprise-scale REST APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Apigee, and AWS

• Architect API-first solutions, including service contracts, payload schemas, and OpenAPI/Swagger specifications

• Translate business requirements into technical designs, user stories, and implementation tasks

• Guide engineers in developing secure service-to-service integrations

• Lead architecture decisions, technical design reviews, and code reviews

• Collaborate with product owners, UI teams, architects, and partner teams

• Establish engineering best practices for reliability, scalability, observability, security, and maintainability

• Drive automated testing, performance testing, load testing, and production-readiness reviews

• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues

• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, and engineering standards

• Drive end-to-end ownership from design and development through deployment, monitoring, support, and continuous improvement

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor

Interested?

Please share your updated resume highlighting your experience with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Apigee, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, CI/CD, and technical leadership.