LEAD JAVA DEVELOPER

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid / Onsite) • Contract

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in Java development
• Core Java (Java 8, 11, 17+)
• OOP, Collections, Multithreading, Java Streams
• Spring Boot / Spring MVC / Spring Framework
• Microservices & REST APIs
• Spring Data JPA / Hibernate
• SQL (Oracle / PostgreSQL / MySQL / SQL Server)
• Apache Kafka / Messaging Platforms
• Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Docker & Kubernetes
• CI/CD Pipelines (Git / Maven / Gradle / Jenkins / GitHub Actions)
• JUnit / Mockito (Unit & Integration Testing)
• Agile / Scrum

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Spring Security / OAuth2 / JWT
• Redis / MongoDB
• AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch)
• Amazon EKS
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Cloud-Native Development
• Performance Tuning / JVM Optimization
• System Design / Distributed Systems
• Frontend frameworks (React / Angular)

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable Java/Spring Boot Microservices and REST APIs
• Build integrations with internal and external systems
• Implement Kafka-based asynchronous/event-driven solutions
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases and optimize queries
• Containerize and deploy applications using Docker & Kubernetes
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Implement application security using Spring Security, OAuth2 & JWT
• Develop unit/integration tests using JUnit & Mockito
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis
• Collaborate with architects, QA, DevOps, BAs, and product teams
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and code reviews