Java Microservices Lead Specialist Engineer

Job Title: Java Microservices Lead Specialist Engineer
Location: Phoenix Arizona
Experience: 12 Years
Employment Type: Contract
Interview Type: In-Person or Webcam

We are seeking a highly experienced Java Microservices Lead Specialist Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on development experience in Java and Spring technologies deep knowledge of microservices architecture and the ability to lead engineering teams in delivering scalable secure and high-performance solutions. This role requires strong technical leadership and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Lead the design development and deployment of microservices-based applications using Java Spring Boot and cloud technologies.

• Architect scalable and distributed systems ensuring high availability and performance.

• Guide and mentor development teams enforce coding standards and conduct code reviews.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders product managers and architecture teams to define requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

• Develop RESTful APIs and integrate with various systems databases and external services.

• Work closely with DevOps teams to automate build deployment and monitoring processes.

• Troubleshoot complex production issues perform performance tuning and ensure smooth operation of systems.

• Implement industry best practices in security testing and software quality.

• Document system designs processes and operational procedures.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.

• 12 years of hands-on software development experience with core Java and Spring framework.

• Strong experience in microservices architecture and development using Spring Boot.

• Proven experience building scalable cloud-native applications (AWS Azure or GCP).

• Strong experience with REST APIs message queues API Gateway and service mesh.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines build tools and DevOps practices (Jenkins Git Maven Docker Kubernetes).

• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Cassandra etc.).

• Experience with cloud monitoring and logging tools.

• Excellent problem-solving communication and leadership skills.

• Ability to manage and deliver projects in an agile environment.

• Experience with event-driven architecture using Kafka or similar technologies.

• Knowledge of security standards authentication and authorization frameworks such as OAuth2 or JWT.

• Exposure to container orchestration and infrastructure automation.