Lead JAVA Developer at Florida

Elite WorkForce • Tampa, FL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead Java Developer for a 12-month contract-to-hire position in Tampa, Florida. This hybrid role requires employees to be in the office three days a week. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Java development, microservices, cloud-native technologies, and technical leadership.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Full Stack Java Developer
• 7+ years' experience of Microservices frameworks using Java and Python
• 5+ years' experience of Data Structures and Object-Oriented Principles using Java, Python, or NodeJS
• 5+ years architecture experience in building horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications
• 5+ years' experience with Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)
• Exposure to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, either on-premises or public cloud (i.e., Tekton, Harness, CircleCI, Cloudbees Jenkins, etc.)
• Strong foundation in JavaScript
• Experience mentoring and providing technical leadership.
• BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to managing Cloud infrastructure both on-premises and public cloud (i.e., OpenShift, AWS, etc.).
• Exposure to Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools (Serverless, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.).
• Exposure to API Management tools.
• Exposure to event-driven design and architecture (i.e., Kafka, Spark Flink, etc.).
• Experience in technical leadership re-engineering monolithic applications into Microservices.
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools (i.e., Terraform, Cloudformation, etc.).
• Exposure to Security, Observability, and Monitoring (i.e., Grafana Prometheus, Splunk, ELK, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Exposure to Service Oriented and MicroServices architectures, including REST and GraphQL implementations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead Java-based solutions.
• Design and implement microservices using Java and Python.
• Apply Data Structures and Object-Oriented Principles.
• Architect horizontally scalable, highly available, highly resilient, and low latency applications.
• Utilize Cloud-native development and Container Orchestration tools.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree