Lead Java Full Stack Developer at New York
- Whippany, NJ, United States
$50 USD / hour
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Job details
- Pay
- $50 USD / hour
- Experience
- ✅ 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
HIRING: Lead Java Full Stack Developer Location: New York (Onsite)
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Lead Java Full Stack Developer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade, API-first platforms using modern Java technologies, AWS cloud services, and AI-driven solutions.
Key Responsibilities & Technical Requirements:
✅ 12+ years of professional software engineering experience. ✅ Strong expertise in Java 11/17/21, Spring Boot, REST APIs, JSON, and OpenAPI. ✅ Extensive experience designing and developing Microservices and API integrations. ✅ Strong frontend development experience with ReactJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and WebSockets. ✅ Hands-on experience with event-driven architecture and messaging platforms such as Kafka, AWS SNS, and SQS. ✅ Strong AWS cloud-native architecture and development experience. ✅ Experience with Agentic AI, LLMs/SLMs, MCP, RAG, and AI orchestration frameworks. ✅ Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, and serverless computing. ✅ Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Terraform, and automated deployments. ✅ Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, DynamoDB, and DocumentDB.
Additional Skills:
API versioning, schema evolution, contract testing (Pact/WireMock). Production monitoring and observability using Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, and CloudWatch. Performance tuning, JVM optimization, and application scalability. Security practices including IAM, KMS, WAF, OAuth, and secrets management. AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot and Claude. Python experience for AI/LLM engineering is a plus.
What We Are Looking For:
Strong technical leadership and architectural skills. Ability to independently design and deliver scalable enterprise solutions. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Experience mentoring developers and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ability to translate business requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions.
More about this job
Skills
- Oracle Java
- AWS
- Spring Boot
- API development
- Microservices
- Front-end development
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Apache Kafka
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- Jenkins
- IBM Terraform
- SQL
- NoSQL
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- Grafana
- Identity and access management
- GitHub
- Python
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Stakeholder management
- Coaching