Lead Java Developer

About

Position: Senior / Lead Java Developer (AWS + DevOps)
Location: Hybrid – Rockville, MD or Tysons, VA (3 days onsite)
Level: Mid, Senior & Lead Opportunities

We are hiring high‑impact Java Engineers (Mid, Senior, and Lead levels) to join a multi‑year, greenfield platform initiative. This is an opportunity to build a modern document ingestion and processing platform from scratch, working with distributed systems, AWS, and event‑driven architecture. We’re looking for engineers who speak up, challenge ideas, and solve real engineering problems — not just follow requirements.

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What You’ll Work On

• Build a greenfield platform to ingest and process documents from external broker systems
• Design systems to extract metadata, process data, and store in scalable databases
• Develop event‑driven and distributed backend systems on AWS
• Work closely with product, architecture, and leadership teams
• Contribute to design decisions, code quality, and system scalability

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Core Tech Stack

• Java (8+) + Spring Boot
• AWS (Lambda, SQS, SNS, Step Functions, RDS)
• DevOps / CI‑CD (Jenkins, Docker, pipelines)
• SQL / distributed systems

Nice to have

• Python
• Event‑driven systems
• Microservices architecture

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What We’re Looking For

For Mid / Senior Engineers

• 4–10 years of Java backend development
• Strong fundamentals in Spring Boot and APIs
• Experience with AWS (Lambda, SQS, etc.)
• Exposure to DevOps / CI‑CD practices
• Strong problem‑solving mindset

For Lead / Engineering Manager

• 10+ years of Java experience
• Experience leading or mentoring teams (4+ years preferred)
• Strong system design & architecture skills
• Ability to:
  • Drive design decisions
  • Conduct code reviews
  • Mentor engineers
  • Communicate with leadership (VP/Product/Architecture)
• Hands‑on technically, but also strategic thinker