{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"761c7032b50f24e4d4076732","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/761c7032b50f24e4d4076732","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/761c7032b50f24e4d4076732","title":"IT Software Engineer 5 (Java Lead Engineer)","description":"Role: IT Software Engineer 5 (Java Lead Engineer)\nLocation: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - Currently 2 days/week onsite; may increase based on business needs)\n\nLet's create our future together at The AES Group!\nAbout The AES Group:\nThe AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.\nPosition Overview\nSeeking an experienced Java Lead Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale digital platform solutions. This role requires strong backend development expertise, technical leadership, and hands-on experience building highly available, scalable cloud-based applications.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead the design, development, and deployment of Java-based enterprise applications.\nProvide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams.\nDrive delivery of business-critical features and enhancements.\nDesign and support highly available, reliable, and scalable solutions.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new functionality and applications.\nLead troubleshooting, debugging, performance tuning, and production support activities.\nConduct integration testing and support customer acceptance testing.\nParticipate in architecture discussions, technology evaluations, and technical recommendations.\nPromote software engineering best practices, coding standards, and code quality.\nMentor junior developers and support team growth initiatives.\nWork with business stakeholders and internal customers to define and deliver solutions.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.\n10+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing Java applications.\n3+ years of experience leading geographically distributed development teams.\nStrong backend engineering experience in enterprise environments.\nRequired Technical Skills\nJava 17\nBackend Application Development\nRESTful Web Services / APIs\nAWS Services:\nIAM\nKinesis\nDynamoDB\nAPI Services\nSQS\nSNS\nKMS\nStrong SQL and database querying skills\nDevOps practices and CI/CD\nHigh Availability and Reliability Engineering\nApplication Design and Architecture Experience\nRequired Soft Skills\nStrong leadership and mentoring abilities\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills\nAbility to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines\nPassion for technology and continuous improvement\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills\nPreferred Candidate Profile\nHands-on Java backend lead with recent development experience.\nStrong AWS cloud engineering background.\nExperience building scalable, resilient enterprise applications.\nComfortable balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding responsibilities.\nProven experience leading distributed teams.","company":"Aes Group","rawCompany":"aes group","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-30T10:54:27.933Z","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":"IT Software Engineer 5 (Java Lead Engineer)","description":"Role: IT Software Engineer 5 (Java Lead Engineer)\nLocation: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - Currently 2 days/week onsite; may increase based on business needs)\n\nLet's create our future together at The AES Group!\nAbout The AES Group:\nThe AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.\nPosition Overview\nSeeking an experienced Java Lead Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale digital platform solutions. This role requires strong backend development expertise, technical leadership, and hands-on experience building highly available, scalable cloud-based applications.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead the design, development, and deployment of Java-based enterprise applications.\nProvide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams.\nDrive delivery of business-critical features and enhancements.\nDesign and support highly available, reliable, and scalable solutions.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to develop new functionality and applications.\nLead troubleshooting, debugging, performance tuning, and production support activities.\nConduct integration testing and support customer acceptance testing.\nParticipate in architecture discussions, technology evaluations, and technical recommendations.\nPromote software engineering best practices, coding standards, and code quality.\nMentor junior developers and support team growth initiatives.\nWork with business stakeholders and internal customers to define and deliver solutions.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.\n10+ years of hands-on experience designing and developing Java applications.\n3+ years of experience leading geographically distributed development teams.\nStrong backend engineering experience in enterprise environments.\nRequired Technical Skills\nJava 17\nBackend Application Development\nRESTful Web Services / APIs\nAWS Services:\nIAM\nKinesis\nDynamoDB\nAPI Services\nSQS\nSNS\nKMS\nStrong SQL and database querying skills\nDevOps practices and CI/CD\nHigh Availability and Reliability Engineering\nApplication Design and Architecture Experience\nRequired Soft Skills\nStrong leadership and mentoring abilities\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills\nAbility to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines\nPassion for technology and continuous improvement\nStrong problem-solving and analytical skills\nPreferred Candidate Profile\nHands-on Java backend lead with recent development experience.\nStrong AWS cloud engineering background.\nExperience building scalable, resilient enterprise applications.\nComfortable balancing technical leadership with hands-on coding responsibilities.\nProven experience leading distributed teams.","datePosted":"2026-07-30T10:54:27.933Z","dateModified":"2026-07-30T10:54:27.933Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Aes Group","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Chicago","addressRegion":"IL","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"761c7032b50f24e4d4076732"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/761c7032b50f24e4d4076732"}}