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Lead java developer

KnackHook, LLCUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 1 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Lead impactful cloud-native applications on AWS in this remote Lead Java Developer role, fostering your technical leadership and architectural decision-making skills. If you have 10+ years of experience, including 5+ in a lead capacity with AWS, DevOps, and Java expertise, this opportunity is perfect for you to drive innovation and mentor engineers. Apply now to shape the future of software development with KnackHook, LLC.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
United States
Posted
19 hours ago
DockerMicroservicesSQLSpringAWSJavaREST

Job Description

IT Software Engineer 4 / Lead java developer
Contract 
Remote

Must have AWS, DevOps, GitHub, Java, Software Development

Required Education/Experience: 
 
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
Looking for 5+ years as Lead
 
Required Qualifications: 
 
• 10+ years’ experience in this capacity with 5+ years in a lead role.
• Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Drives architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI/CD, observability and AWS infrastructure. 
• Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions while mentoring engineers, improving development processes, and ensuring successful execution of business objectives.
 
Required Technical Skills: 
 
• Spring Boot
• Java (latest versions )
• Microservices Architecture
• REST API Development
• AWS Cloud Services (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager)
• OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
• Docker
• CI/CD Pipelines
• GitHub
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Architecture
• Observability & Monitoring
• DevOps Practices
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• SQL & NoSQL Databases
• Event-Driven Architecture
• API Integration
• Performance Optimization
 
Responsibilities: 
 
• Leads software engineers in delivering business-critical applications.
• Establishes technical direction and architectural standards.
• Drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.
• Ensures solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Promotes DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
 
 

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