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If you're looking to grow your technical career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 500 company - let's talk!\n\nJOB RESPONSIBILITIES:\nPerform all programming and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.\nAct as team leader for development and support groups; provide programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.\nWork directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.\nWork independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.\nDrive application development focused around delivering valuable business features.\nMaintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.\nIdentify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.\nMentor junior developers.\nCommunicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.\nLead development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional teams\nPerform integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results\nParticipate in technology evaluation and recommendations.\nApply an enterprise-wide view to solutions to support the adoption of standards and practices and promote reuse.\nResponsible for performing other job duties as assigned by management from time to time.\n\nRequirements\n\nEDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical engineering or related field is required AND\n10+ years’ experience of designing and developing software applications in Java.\nMinimum of 3+ years’ experience in leading geographically disbursed teams.\nREQUIRED SKILLS:\nStrong Java 17 experience.\nBackend development experience is a MUST\nExperience with RESTful web services.\nAWS knowledge – IAM,Kinesis, DynamoDB, API stack, SQS, SNS, KMS\nExperience with Slick – SQL queries.\nDevOps experience.\nHigh availability and reliable solutions.\nSome architecture experience.\nSOFT SKILLS REQUIRED:\nAbility to work under pressure and within time constraints Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment\n\nBenefits\n\n401(k)\nDental insurance\nVision Insurance\nDisability insurance\nEmployee assistance program\nHealth insurance\nHealth savings account\nLife insurance\nPaid time off\nPaid Holidays\nPlease follow the link to our website for a list of job openings in Engineering, IT, Project Management, and more! https://www.dsnworldwide.com\nSalary expectations: 150,000-170,000 per annual","company":"Diversified Services Network","rawCompany":"diversified services network","city":"Chicago","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-05T00:13:58.157Z","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":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"}],"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 Backend Engineer - AWS Cloud","description":"Diversified Services Network, Inc. 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