Java Team Lead – Backend Engineering

Columbus, NE - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Java Team Lead - Backend Engineering

Role Overview:
Lead a backend engineering team combining technical expertise with people management. Drive delivery innovation and excellence in cloud-native architectures container orchestration observability data processing test automation and AI/ML initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage and mentor a backend team fostering technical ownership and collaboration.
Architect and implement scalable microservices (Java Spring Boot) using SOLID principles.
Build event-driven systems with Apache Kafka.
Drive robust test automation strategies ensuring high coverage and reliability.
Identify and automate manual processes to improve efficiency and reduce errors.
Ensure best practices: automated testing CI/CD observability and secure coding.
Deploy cloud-native apps (AWS Azure GCP) using infrastructure-as-code.
Implement containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
Integrate observability tools (Prometheus Grafana Dynatrace Splunk).
Lead/contribute to AI/ML projects with data scientists and ML engineers.
Design batch processing and ETL pipelines (Spring Batch Apache Spark).
Use data visualization tools (Tableau Power BI) for reporting.
Identify and resolve technical risks and performance issues.
Advocate for AI-powered development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
Collaborate on architecture standards and delivery milestones.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

12 years backend development (Java Spring Boot) in distributed environments.
Advanced microservices RESTful API and service orchestration expertise.
Deep experience with Apache Kafka and distributed systems concepts.
Proven engineering team leadership and mentoring.
Experience with pair programming and collaborative development.
Extensive experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks (unit integration contract end-to-end).
Demonstrated history of automating manual workflows and processes.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools.
DevOps proficiency: Docker Kubernetes cloud-native deployments.
Hands-on with AWS Azure or GCP; infrastructure automation.
Experience with observability tools (Prometheus Grafana Dynatrace Splunk).
Batch/data processing: Apache Spark Spring Batch.
Data visualization: Tableau Power BI or similar.
Exposure to AI/ML projects and model integration.
Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Java Team Lead - Backend Engineering Role Overview:Lead a backend engineering team combining technical expertise with people management. Drive delivery innovation and excellence in cloud-native architectures container orchestration observability data processing test automation and AI/ML initiatives...

Java Team Lead - Backend Engineering

Key Responsibilities: