Lead Core Java Developer with AI experience - 10 + years (Atlanta, GA, Hybrid) - Fulltime

Lead Core Java Developer with AI experience

Location: Atlanta, GA

Type: Fulltime

Mode: Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Core Lead Java Developer with 10+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role, to design and deliver enterprise-scale applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Microservices, JBoss, and cloud-native application development. The role requires hands-on experience in migrating enterprise applications from Java 8 to Java 17, modernizing legacy systems, and leveraging AI-powered developer tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and delivery efficiency.

The successful candidate will lead a team of developers, drive technical decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using Core Java, Java 17+, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
• Lead the modernization of legacy Java applications, including migration from Java 8 to Java 17, resolving compatibility issues, upgrading dependencies, and optimizing application performance.
• Design, develop, and optimize RESTful APIs and microservices for scalability, resilience, and high availability.
• Deploy, configure, and manage applications on JBoss EAP/WildFly application servers.
• Collaborate with UI teams to integrate backend services with modern front-end technologies such as React.js, Angular, or Node.js.
• Lead architecture discussions, perform code reviews, and establish engineering best practices.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
• Deploy and manage cloud-native applications on AWS (Azure or Google Cloud Platform experience is a plus).
• Utilize Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Design efficient database solutions using relational and NoSQL databases.
• Implement messaging solutions using Kafka and/or ActiveMQ.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues while ensuring application reliability and performance.
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership across Agile teams.
• Utilize AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT for code generation, refactoring, debugging, documentation, test creation, and productivity improvements while maintaining engineering standards and code quality.
• Ensure application security, scalability, observability, and compliance with enterprise development standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of Java application development experience.
• 2+ years of experience leading development teams or serving as a Technical Lead.
• Strong expertise in Java 17+, Core Java, Collections, Concurrency, Multithreading, and JVM internals.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and Microservices Architecture.
• Proven experience migrating enterprise applications from Java 8 to Java 17, including JDK upgrades, dependency modernization, code refactoring, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with JBoss EAP/WildFly administration, deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs and distributed enterprise applications.
• Experience with React.js, Angular, or Node.js, along with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Strong experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, or Cassandra.
• Experience with messaging platforms including Kafka and ActiveMQ.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
• Strong knowledge of Git version control and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience writing automated unit and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito, and Spring Test.
• Hands-on experience using Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and AI-assisted development tools to improve software engineering productivity.
• Excellent analytical, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Golang is a plus.
• Experience with Spring Cloud, API Gateway, Service Discovery, and Resilience4j.
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Experience with SonarQube, Checkmarx, or similar code quality and security tools.
• AWS certification or other cloud certifications are preferred.

Key Skills

• Core Java, Java 17+
• Spring Boot
• Spring Framework
• Microservices
• Java 8 to Java 17 Migration
• JBoss EAP / WildFly
• REST APIs
• AWS
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• ActiveMQ
• SQL / NoSQL
• React.js / Angular / Node.js
• HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript
• JUnit / Mockito
• Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
• Git
• Cursor AI
• Windsurf
• GitHub Copilot
• ChatGPT
• Agile / Scrum
• Technical Leadership
• Code Reviews
• Performance Tuning
• Application Modernization