Lead java Developer

Top skillsets needed:
8-10 years of experience in backend services.
Apollo GraphQL Springboots Agents

Description:

This list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so observing of course any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

Writes tests and documents technical work products (e.g. code scripts processes) according to organizational standards and practices

Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact

Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship

Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address

Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed scale and reliability

Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations

Consistently anticipates scaling latency and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies

Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems

Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies

Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation

Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence

Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals

Explores emerging technologies leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate

Surrounding team/key projects: Micro frontend

Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Technology Information Systems (CIS/MIS) Engineering or related technical discipline or equivalent experience/training


Top skillsets needed:
8-10 years of experience in backend services.
Apollo GraphQL Springboots Agents

Other qualifications:

Backend & API Engineering
Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot for building production grade APIs
Hands on experience designing and operating GraphQL APIs
Practical knowledge of Apollo Federation including supergraph composition and schema governance

Experience with Netflix DGS for subgraph development is strongly preferred
Platform Kubernetes & Cloud
Solid experience deploying and operating workloads on Kubernetes
Strong understanding of containerization scaling networking and service discovery
Experience building and maintaining shared platforms used by multiple engineering teams
DevOps & Reliability
Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines preferably using GitHub Actions
Strong production support and troubleshooting skills
Familiarity with SRE principles including SLIs SLOs observability and incident response
AI Agents & MCP Ecosystem
Experience designing or integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers or similar agent to API integration layers
Familiarity with agent frameworks such as LangGraph LangChain or comparable orchestration tools
Understanding of how agents interact with APIs schemas and backend services in production environments
Awareness of risks and best practices when exposing APIs or GraphQL schemas to autonomous or semi autonomous agents
Security
Experience implementing secure API access patterns (authentication authorization token propagation)
Understanding of GraphQL security concerns including query complexity depth limiting and access control
Ability to collaborate with security teams to design safe data access for both human and agent consumers
AI Assisted Development Practices
Comfortable using AI assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Copilot Agents) in day to day workflows