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Lead Java Developer

Summary

Lead the design and development of scalable Java services and cloud-native microservices on AWS and Kubernetes, guiding teams and driving DevOps practices.


  • Lead the design and development of robust, scalable Java services and APIs

  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to developers

  • Design and develop cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures

  • Contribute to architectural and technical decisions

  • Deploy, operate and support applications across AWS and Kubernetes environments

  • Drive standards for code quality, testing, automation, security and resilience

  • Champion CI/CD practices and continuous improvement

  • Implement monitoring, logging and observability practices

  • Investigate and resolve production issues through to resolution

  • Collaborate with engineers, architects, product teams and stakeholders

  • Contribute to engineering standards, technical documentation and development processes


Requirements



  • Substantial commercial experience with Java

  • Strong experience with Spring Boot and RESTful APIs

  • Experience designing and developing microservices and event-driven solutions

  • Experience with Kubernetes and containerised application environments

  • Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development

  • Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

  • Experience with CI/CD tooling and modern DevOps practices

  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana

  • Experience with automated testing and engineering quality practices


Core Competencies


Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing scalable Java services and cloud-native microservices, with a strong focus on AWS and Kubernetes environments. Proven ability to lead technical teams, implement CI/CD practices, and ensure high standards of code quality and observability.


Highest-signal resume keywords



  • Java Development

  • Spring Boot

  • Microservices Architecture

  • AWS Cloud Services

  • Kubernetes


ATS Optimization Keywords


Hard Skills



  • Java

  • Spring Boot

  • RESTful APIs

  • Microservices

  • Event-Driven Architecture

  • Terraform

  • Infrastructure as Code

  • CI/CD

  • Automated Testing

  • Engineering Quality Practices


Soft Skills



  • Technical Leadership

  • Collaboration

  • Problem Solving


Industry Keywords



  • Cloud-Native

  • DevOps

  • Code Quality

  • Monitoring

  • Observability


Tools & Technologies



  • AWS

  • Kubernetes

  • Grafana

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