Technical Lead – Java & AWS

Job Title:Technical Lead - Java & AWS

Location: Minneapolis MN
Experience Required: 10 Years
Employment Type:Contract

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead - Java & AWSto drive the design development and delivery of a high-visibility enterprise-grade product. This role requires deep technical expertise in Java and cloud-native AWS architectures strong architectural judgment and proven leadership to guide teams through complex technical challenges while delivering scalable secure and high-performance solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead the design and development of enterprise Java applications using Spring Boot and RESTful services.

• Drive architectural decisions evaluate technology choices and ensure alignment with product roadmaps and enterprise standards.

• Enforce engineering best practices related to coding standards testing security and performance.

• Conduct pull request reviews and provide constructive technical guidance to engineering teams.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Architect and implement cloud-native solutions on AWS leveraging services such as EC2 ECS/EKS Lambda S3 RDS CloudWatch and IAM.

• Ensure applications meet non-functional requirements including availability scalability performance observability and security.

• Partner with DevOps and SRE teams to design resilient systems and improve platform reliability.

DevOps & CI/CD

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to design implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines.

• Support infrastructure automation and continuous delivery practices to enable faster safer releases.

Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers through coaching code reviews and technical workshops.

• Lead teams through complex problem-solving efforts and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

• Act as a technical role model promoting collaboration ownership and engineering excellence.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in software engineering with significant experience in a technical leadership role.

• Strong expertise in Java Spring Boot and RESTful microservices architecture.

• Hands-on experience architecting and deploying solutions on AWS (EC2 ECS/EKS Lambda S3 RDS CloudWatch IAM).

• Strong understanding of cloud-native design principles distributed systems and system scalability.

• Experience working closely with DevOps/SRE teams on CI/CD automation and reliability engineering.

• Proven ability to lead design discussions influence architectural decisions and guide teams.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Key Competencies

• Strong technical ownership and decision-making capability.

• Ability to balance hands-on engineering with strategic leadership.

• Mentorship mindset with a focus on team growth and technical excellence.

• Adaptability in fast-paced enterprise environments.

Technical Skills

Java Spring Boot RESTful Services AWS (EC2 ECS/EKS Lambda S3 RDS CloudWatch IAM) DevOps CI/CD