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The ideal candidate will lead critical implementations, guide multiple engineering teams, modernize legacy platforms, and translate business goals into secure, scalable, resilient, and operable solutions.Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and review production-grade services, frameworks, reusable components, and reference implementations using Java 11/17/21 and Spring Boot.Lead high-level and low-level design for high-throughput, low-latency, globally scalable platforms.Define service boundaries using domain-driven design, bounded contexts, API contracts, data ownership, and evolutionary architecture.Design resilient REST, messaging, event-streaming, queue, and publish-subscribe workflows.Apply patterns such as Saga, CQRS, idempotency, outbox, circuit breaker, bulkhead, timeout, retry with backoff, rate limiting, and distributed caching.Lead production troubleshooting across application code, JVM, databases, messaging, containers, Kubernetes, networks, and AWS.Establish observability, SRE, performance testing, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and multi-AZ or multi-region standards.Embed secure-by-design practices, including threat modeling, OAuth 2.0/OIDC/JWT, IAM, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and secure SDLC controls.Define AWS, container, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, deployment, release, and rollback strategies.Mentor senior engineers, conduct architecture and code reviews, and govern quality across multiple teams.AI/LLM ExposurePractical experience evaluating or integrating AWS Bedrock, OpenAI APIs, RAG patterns, embeddings, and vector databases.Understanding of secure and responsible AI controls for data protection, prompts and outputs, observability, evaluation, latency, cost, guardrails, and fallback behavior.Experience using AI-assisted engineering for code understanding, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, or developer productivity while maintaining engineering controls.Required Experience12+ years of total software engineering experience10+ years of Java enterprise development7+ years of microservices and distributed systems5+ years of architecture and system design5+ years of AWS or equivalent cloud architecture5+ years of technical leadership and governance5+ years of production troubleshooting, performance, and securityPreferred QualificationsAWS Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Security Specialty, TOGAF, CKA/CKAD, or a comparable advanced certification.Experience with high-volume platforms, complex modernization, multi-team architecture governance, and AI-enabled enterprise solutions.Strong architecture judgment, hands-on coding depth, troubleshooting ability, performance mindset, security ownership, communication, and stakeholder influence.","company":"Ai Axiss","rawCompany":"ai axiss","city":"Jersey City","state":"NJ","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T07:53:28.721Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead Java Microservices Developer","description":"Position: Lead Java Microservices DeveloperLocation: New jersey Locals Only Experience: 12– yearsWork Arrangement: [Onsite]IN-PERSON Required Role OverviewWe are seeking a principal-level architect who can define, build, and govern large-scale enterprise platforms while remaining close to the code. 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