Java Engineering Lead – Enterprise Payment Services (EPS) & Pricing Management Applications (PriMA)

Location: California (Onsite Preferred)

We are seeking an experienced Java Engineering Lead / Senior Backend Engineer to drive architecture, development, modernization, and operational excellence across enterprise-scale SCMS platforms supporting payments, pricing, integrations, and distributed business workflows. This role involves hands-on backend engineering, microservices development, production support, and platform leadership across high-volume cloud-native environments.

Key Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise Java-based backend services, APIs, and microservices platforms
• Lead architecture, delivery, and modernization initiatives for distributed enterprise systems
• Build and support scalable APIs, event-driven workflows, and enterprise integrations
• Drive platform reliability, observability, production engineering, and release readiness
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and improve platform stability and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with Product, Business, Operations, and cross-functional engineering teams to prioritize roadmap initiatives and deliver scalable solutions
• Participate in CI/CD implementation, code reviews, automation initiatives, and engineering best practices
• Improve monitoring, operational tooling, observability, and support readiness across enterprise services
• Mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and establish scalable engineering standards and development practices
• Support modernization efforts involving cloud-native services, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and distributed architectures
• Collaborate with onsite/offshore engineering teams and contribute to knowledge transfer, operational support, and platform transition initiatives
• Utilize AI-assisted engineering workflows for code generation, release readiness, debugging, documentation, and operational support activities

Required Qualifications:
• 13+ years of software engineering experience with strong Java backend development expertise
• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Microservices, SQL, and distributed systems
• Experience with Kafka or event-driven architectures
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Git-based development, and cloud-native platforms
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, production support, and incident management skills
• Experience with system integrations, observability, operational tooling, and enterprise platform engineering
• Experience supporting enterprise platforms involving payments, pricing, retail, supply chain, or transactional systems
• Exposure to AI-assisted SDLC, automation tooling, or agentic engineering workflows preferred
• Strong communication, stakeholder collaboration, and leadership capabilities

Preferred Skills:
• AWS or Azure cloud experience
• Observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace, Prometheus
• Experience supporting high-transaction enterprise platforms
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering workflows and automation practices
• Knowledge of production engineering, release readiness, and operational support best practices