Lead Software Engineer

Location/Schedule: Oakland/Rancho Cordova/Alpharetta; Hybrid - 2 Days in-office. In-Person Interviews Required Job Description & Key Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable applications using Core Java and Spring Boot Microservices. Develop RESTful APIs and integrate with internal and external systems. Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews. Troubleshoot performance, scalability, and production issues. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and follow Agile methodologies. Contribute to CI/CD implementation and application modernization initiatives. Required Experience & Technical Skills 7+ years of experience in Java application development and building distributed systems/microservices. Core Java: Java fundamentals, OOP, Collections, Multithreading, Concurrency, JVM, Performance Tuning, and Java 8+ features (Streams, Lambdas). Spring Ecosystem: Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate, Spring Security, and Spring Cloud. Microservices: Architecture design, REST API implementation, and service communication patterns. Databases: Relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server), SQL, schema design, and query optimization. DevOps & Tools: Git, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, SonarQube, and CI/CD pipelines. Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.

Preferred Skills: (Nice To Have) Messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Azure Service Bus), API Gateway, and event-driven architectures. Containerization, orchestration platforms, and security best practices (OAuth/JWT). Azure Cloud services (AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure App Services, Azure DevOps, Azure Key Vault).