Senior Java Architect

About the Role

Role: Java Tech Lead / Architect Location: Irving, TX Onsite job. This role is not open for subcontracting. Open to W2 /Individual C2C or 1099 candidates only. We are willing to transfer H1B's and take care of their immigration, including GC sponsorships. Job Description: We are looking for an experienced Java Tech Lead to drive the design and delivery of our cloud-native backend services on AWS. In this player-coach role, you will set the technical direction for your team, write code on critical paths, and directly manage a team of engineers, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for the team’s Java services on AWS.
• Design and build scalable, secure, and resilient microservices and APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Write production code on critical paths, lead design and code reviews, and set the bar for code quality and testing.
• Make AWS architecture decisions across compute, data, messaging, and networking, balancing reliability, security, and cost.
• Drive CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability (New Relic), on-call, and incident-review practices.
• People Leadership
• Manage engineers directly: regular 1:1s, goal setting, performance reviews, and career development.
• Coach engineers through code reviews, pairing, and stretch assignments, and grow future tech leads.
• Address performance issues early, with clear expectations and direct, fair feedback.
• Delivery and Collaboration
• Partner with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to turn requirements into a prioritized backlog.
• Collaborate with different teams, including QA, DevOps, platform, and other engineering teams, to align on priorities, dependencies, and integrations.
• Run predictable Agile/Scrum delivery: sprint planning, estimation, dependency management, and releases.
• Communicate status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 7+ years building backend systems in Java.
• 2+ years managing engineers with direct reports, including performance reviews, and career development.
• Deep expertise in modern Java (17+) and Spring Boot, including REST API design, Spring Data, and Spring Security.
• 3+ years designing, building, and running production systems on AWS (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch, IAM).
• Strong microservices and distributed systems design, including event-driven architecture, messaging, caching, and resiliency patterns.
• Solid relational and NoSQL database skills (e.g., PostgreSQL or Oracle, DynamoDB), including data modeling and performance tuning.