Java Full Stack Architect

Job Title: Java Full Stack Architect

Location: Fort Mill SC / Charlotte NC (3 Days Onsite)
Domain: Banking & Financial Services
Experience: 15 Years

Job Summary

Value Technology seeking a highly experienced Java Full Stack Architect with deep expertise in backend microservices frontend development and cloud-native architectures. The ideal candidate will lead design and development of scalable enterprise applications using modern technologies including Spring Boot Angular and AWS. This role requires strong architectural vision hands-on coding ability and leadership in cloud-based distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and design enterprise-grade applications using Java and modern full-stack frameworks.
• Design and implement microservices-based architectures using Spring Boot.
• Develop responsive and scalable front-end applications using Angular.
• Lead cloud-native application development and deployments on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Define API standards and develop RESTful services with proper security mechanisms (OAuth2 JWT).
• Implement event-driven architecture and service communication strategies.
• Design CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation workflows.
• Guide development teams on coding standards performance optimization and best practices.
• Ensure system scalability resilience availability and security.
• Perform architecture reviews and code reviews.
• Collaborate with product owners business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide architectural solutions.
• Document architecture design technical decisions and system diagrams.

Required Technical Skills

Backend:

• Strong expertise in Java 8/11/17
• Spring Boot Spring MVC Spring Security
• Microservices Architecture
• RESTful API Development
• Hibernate / JPA
• Messaging systems (Kafka / RabbitMQ preferred)

Frontend:

• Angular (Latest versions preferred)
• TypeScript HTML5 CSS3
• UI/UX best practices
• State management (NgRx preferred)

Cloud & DevOps:

• AWS (EC2 S3 RDS Lambda EKS CloudWatch)
• Docker & Kubernetes
• CI/CD (Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation preferred)

Database:

• SQL (Oracle PostgreSQL MySQL)
• NoSQL (MongoDB preferred)
• Performance tuning & query optimization

Architecture & Design Experience

• API Gateway & Load Balancing strategies
• Security frameworks (OAuth2 JWT SAML preferred)
• Caching strategies (Redis Hazelcast)
• High availability and disaster recovery design
• Scalability and performance optimization
• Cloud-native and containerized architecture
• Monitoring and logging (Splunk ELK CloudWatch)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services / banking domain (if applicable)
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven design
• Experience in large-scale enterprise transformations
• Knowledge of Zero Trust architecture principles