Principal Full Stack Engineer-Java

Job Title: Principal Full Stack Engineer-Java

Location: Remote

Duration: FTE

Term: 6+ months

Job Description:

Experience Desired: 8+ Years.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Strategy & Architecture (Backend Focus): Lead the design, development, and evolution of highly scalable, low-latency distributed systems using Java and Spring Boot/Spring Cloud . Define architectural standards for microservices, API gateways, and system integrations.
• Hands-On Development: Architect and implement complex, mission-critical features across the full stack. This includes writing significant production code in Java for the backend and utilizing modern JavaScript frameworks for the frontend.
• Performance and Resilience: Drive initiatives to optimize application performance, scalability, and operational excellence. Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies to ensure system reliability and uptime.
• Mentorship & Code Quality: Act as a technical force multiplier, mentoring Senior and Staff Engineers in advanced Java/Spring patterns, best practices, and clean code principles. Lead high-stakes code and architecture reviews.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, DevOps, and other engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and lead the execution from concept to deployment. Technology Evaluation: Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and technologies (especially within the Java/JVM ecosystem) to improve developer productivity and system capabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of professional software development experience, with a heavy emphasis on architecting and scaling enterprise-level applications.
• Backend Mastery (Java/Spring): Expert proficiency in Java (version 11+). Deep, hands-on experience with the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data, and ideally Spring Cloud).
• Proven ability to design and implement highly concurrent, thread-safe, and asynchronous backend services. Expertise in designing and securing RESTful APIs and gRPC services.
• Frontend Proficiency: Strong proficiency with a modern JavaScript framework (e.g., React , Angular, or Vue.js). Solid command of TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and responsive/accessible design.
• Databases: Expert knowledge of both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL , Oracle) and NoSQL (e.g., Redis, Cassandra) databases, including advanced SQL, indexing, and performance tuning.
• Cloud & DevOps: Extensive experience with public cloud providers ( AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform ). Strong understanding of containerization ( Docker, Kubernetes ) and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Architecture: Proven ability to architect and scale complex, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems. Expert understanding of design patterns, software architecture principles, and trade-offs.

Key Skills:

Java, Spring, PostgreSQL