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
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