Lead Java Developer

Position 1 -#1 Java Engineering Lead (Retail & Pricing)Long ContractRocklin, CA (4 days per week Onsite)Note: Visa Independent Resources are requiredRecommended staffing posture: Onsite LeadRole SummaryOwn Pricing Management Applications / Services and make pricing architecture, releases, and cross-domain alignment resilient and employee-led.Key Responsibilities• Lead Java platform strategy across pricing rules, service interfaces, publication flows, and downstream consumers.• Ensure pricing changes are accurate, explainable, observable, and operationally supportable.• Partner with Merch, PCS, and adjacent engineering teams on demand planning, data quality, and release readiness.• Drive technical direction, staffing transitions, and domain documentation so the team is not dependent on single contractors.Core Qualifications• 10+ years in software engineering with strong service-platform and data-flow design experience.• Comfort owning rule-driven systems, APIs, integration-heavy domains, and stakeholder-heavy releases.• Strong communication with business, architecture, and operations partners.Agentic / AI-Enabled Expectations• Adopt AI-assisted scenario analysis for pricing rule changes and release impact reviews.• Automate documentation, dependency mapping, and regression risk identification for Java changes.• Use agentic copilots to accelerate backlog refinement and test coverage without losing pricing control integrity.Position 2 - Java Engineering Lead (Retail & Payments)Long ContractRocklin, CA (4 days per week Onsite)Note: Visa Independent Resources are requiredRecommended staffing posture: Onsite LeadRole SummaryLead Enterprise Payment Services for SCMS and put architecture, delivery, and risk decisions under durable employee-led ownership.Key Responsibilities• Own JAVA roadmap, architecture, and delivery across payment, reconciliation, exception handling, and downstream integrations.• Set standards for reliability, auditability, and change control in a high-transaction supply-chain environment.• Partner with Product, Finance, ESRE, and operations stakeholders to prioritize work and manage peak readiness.• Coach engineers, manage vendors / contractors, and drive the transition from contractor-led execution to internal control points.Core Qualifications• 10+ years building or operating enterprise platforms; 3+ years in staff / lead / manager roles.• Strong background in microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, observability, and production engineering.• Experience in payments, settlements, reconciliation, or other financially sensitive transactional domains.Agentic / AI-Enabled Expectations• Establish AI-assisted design, coding, review, and release guardrails for JAVA services.• Use agentic workflows for runbook generation, change impact analysis, and incident triage support.• Measure productivity gains without weakening controls, security, or audit readiness.