IT Software Engineer 5 (Java Lead Engineer)

About the role

The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative solutions that positively impact society. We help over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, through cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of Java-based enterprise applications.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams.
• Drive delivery of business-critical features and enhancements.
• Design and support highly available, reliable, and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new functionality and applications.
• Lead troubleshooting, debugging, performance tuning, and production support activities.
• Conduct integration testing and support customer acceptance testing.
• Participate in architecture discussions, technology evaluations, and technical recommendations.
• Promote software engineering best practices, coding standards, and code quality.
• Mentor junior developers and support team growth initiatives.
• Work with business stakeholders and internal customers to define and deliver solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing Java applications.
• 3+ years of experience leading geographically distributed development teams.
• Strong backend engineering experience in enterprise environments.

Required Technical Skills

• Java 17
• Backend Application Development
• RESTful Web Services / APIs
• AWS Services: IAM, Kinesis, DynamoDB, API Services, SQS, SNS, KMS
• Strong SQL and database querying skills
• DevOps practices and CI/CD
• High Availability and Reliability Engineering
• Application Design and Architecture Experience

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Hands-on Java backend lead with recent development experience.
• Strong AWS cloud engineering background.
• Experience building scalable, resilient enterprise applications.
• Comfortable balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding responsibilities.
• Proven experience leading distributed teams.