Lead Java Full Stack Architect

Job Title: Lead Java Full Stack Architect / Technical Lead

Location: New City, NY
Employment Type: Contract

Experience Required: 12+ Years

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Java Architect / Technical Lead with deep expertise in designing and delivering cloud-native, microservices-based enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, event-driven architectures, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed systems.

This role requires strong technical leadership, solution architecture expertise, and the ability to drive modernization initiatives across high-volume enterprise platforms, especially within financial services, retail, or payment systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture and design for enterprise-grade Java applications.
• Design scalable, secure, and resilient microservices-based platforms using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect RESTful APIs and event-driven solutions leveraging Kafka and asynchronous messaging.
• Drive cloud-native transformation initiatives across AWS and Azure environments.
• Define architecture standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, and architecture discussions.
• Guide teams on containerization, Kubernetes orchestration, and cloud deployment strategies.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and cloud cost management.
• Mentor developers and technical teams on engineering excellence and modern development practices.
• Support DevOps adoption, CI/CD implementation, and automation initiatives.

Required Skills

• 12+ years of experience in Java application development and architecture.
• Strong expertise in:
• Core Java (Java 8/11/21)
• Spring Boot
• Microservices Architecture
• RESTful APIs
• Event-driven Architecture
• Hands-on experience with:
• Apache Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Strong experience with cloud platforms:
• AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch)
• Azure (AKS, API Management)
• Experience with NoSQL and distributed databases:
• Cassandra
• MongoDB
• DynamoDB
• Expertise in scalable, high-availability enterprise system design.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices.
• Strong understanding of security, resiliency, and performance optimization.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in financial services, retail, or payment platforms.
• Exposure to domain-driven design and reactive programming.
• Experience with API gateways and service mesh technologies.
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and observability tools.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.

Education

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Key Technologies

Java | Spring Boot | Kafka | Microservices | REST APIs | AWS | Azure | Kubernetes | Docker | Cassandra | MongoDB | DynamoDB | DevOps | CI/CD