IT Software Engineer

Aditi Consulting · Chicago, IL · 1 wk ago

On-siteEngineering$81–$82/hrContract

Payrate

Payrate: $81.00 - $82.00/hr.

About the role

The Sr. Software Engineer will serve as a key technical contributor to the design and implementation of Java-based, cloud-native systems on AWS, shaping service architecture, data flows, and integration patterns that meet strict scalability, availability, and security requirements. This role will contribute architectural insight across microservices, event-driven, and asynchronous processing patterns, ensuring clear service ownership and well-defined contracts.

Responsibilities

Hands‐on development (Java / AWS): ~45-55%
Production support & bug fixes: ~15-20%
Designing and implementing backend services, cloud‐native components, and core platform functionality.
Investigating and resolving defects, performance issues, and production incidents; implementing fixes and improvements to ensure system stability and reliability.
Conducting thorough, timely pull request reviews; using review comments as teaching moments to elevate junior engineers' judgment, not just their output.
Participating in architecture reviews, integration discussions, and coordination with other engineering teams.
Actively participating in sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand‐ups, retrospectives, and necessary technical or operational calls.

Requirements

Strong AWS expertise, including designing and operating cloud‐native, highly available distributed systems
Advanced Java and/or Kotlin in production environments
Spring Boot for building microservices and REST APIs (e.g., Spring Web/MVC, dependency injection, configuration, actuator/health checks)
Microservices architecture and distributed systems patterns (service boundaries, resiliency, fault tolerance)
RESTful API design & implementation, including documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
SQL + relational databases (data modeling, query tuning, performance)
NoSQL / non‐relational data stores (e.g., DynamoDB/MongoDB/Cassandra)
Ci/CD and build/deploy automation (pipelines, quality gates, repeatable releases)
Data streaming / asynchronous messaging (event‐driven patterns; e.g., Kafka)
Observability & production troubleshooting (logging/metrics/tracing, incident investigation)

Qualifications

Required Technical Skills:

Strong AWS expertise, including designing and operating cloud‐native, highly available distributed systems
Advanced Java and/or Kotlin in production environments
Spring Boot for building microservices and REST APIs (e.g., Spring Web/MVC, dependency injection, configuration, actuator/health checks)
Microservices architecture and distributed systems patterns (service boundaries, resiliency, fault tolerance)
RESTful API design & implementation, including documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
SQL + relational databases (data modeling, query tuning, performance)
NoSQL / non‐relational data stores (e.g., DynamoDB/MongoDB/Cassandra)
Ci/CD and build/deploy automation (pipelines, quality gates, repeatable releases)
Data streaming / asynchronous messaging (event‐driven patterns; e.g., Kafka)
Observability & production troubleshooting (logging/metrics/tracing, incident investigation)

Skills

Soft Skills:

Strong technical communication skills, able to clearly explain complex designs and trade‐offs to engineers, product owners, and managers
Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across teams on shared architectures and dependencies
Technical leadership and ownership, driving decisions and follow‐through on complex engineering problems
Problem‐solving and analytical thinking, especially in debugging, production support, and performance issues
Ability to balance technical depth with delivery, making pragmatic decisions aligned with business priorities
Comfortable participating in Agile ceremonies and technical discussions while remaining primarily hands‐on

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.