JAVA DEVELOPER LOCALS ONLY
Shashidhar Reddy
JAVA DEVELOPER
Chicago, IL 60661 (Locals Only)
Hybrid: 2 days a week onsite
Duration: 12 months
Visa : USC,H4,TN,L2,GC (Below 1988)
The Sr. Software Engineer will serve as a key technical contributor to the design and implementation of Java-based, cloud-native systems on AWS, shaping service architecture, data flows, and integration patterns that meet strict scalability, availability, and security requirements. This role will contribute architectural insight across microservices, event-driven, and asynchronous processing patterns, ensuring clear service ownership and well-defined contracts.
The position will develop and maintain core backend services using modern Java frameworks and AWS-native patterns, including message-driven processing, distributed data management, and RESTful and event-based APIs. The Sr. Engineer will champion adoption of AWS services such as managed compute, messaging, storage, and databases, and will mentor junior engineers on standards for infrastructure as code, resiliency, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation.
In addition, this role will model technical best practices for CI/CD automation, observability, logging, metrics, and tracing to support reliable operation of distributed systems in production. By proactively identifying architectural bottlenecks, scalability constraints, and technical debt, the Sr. Engineer will make significant contributions to improve system performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Typical task breakdown:
- Hands-on development (Java / AWS): ~45–55% Designing and implementing backend services, cloud-native components, and core platform functionality.
- Production support & bug fixes: ~15–20% Investigating and resolving defects, performance issues, and production incidents; implementing fixes and improvements to ensure system stability and reliability.
- Code reviews & technical design: ~15–20% Conducting thorough, timely pull request reviews; using review comments as teaching moments to elevate junior engineers' judgment, not just their output.
- Technical collaboration & cross-team alignment: ~5–10% Participating in architecture reviews, integration discussions, and coordination with other engineering teams.
- Agile & required technical ceremonies: ~5–10% Actively participating in sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, retrospectives, and necessary technical or operational calls.
Interaction with team:
- The Sr. Software Engineer will work closely with the engineering team to guide design and implementation of Java-based services on AWS. The role will collaborate with other engineering teams to align on APIs, integrations, and shared cloud architecture. The position will also partner with Product Owners and engineering managers to translate requirements into technical solutions and align execution with delivery priorities.
Work environment:
- 1-2x days in office
Education & Experience Required:
- NO degree required
- Must have 8+ years’ experience in this capacity.
Required Technical Skills:
- Strong AWS expertise, including designing and operating cloud-native, highly available distributed systems
- Advanced Java and/or Kotlin in production environments
- Spring Boot for building microservices and REST APIs (e.g., Spring Web/MVC, dependency injection, configuration, actuator/health checks)
- Microservices architecture and distributed systems patterns (service boundaries, resiliency, fault tolerance)
- RESTful API design & implementation, including documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
- SQL + relational databases (data modeling, query tuning, performance)
- NoSQL / non-relational data stores (e.g., DynamoDB/MongoDB/Cassandra)
- CI/CD and build/deploy automation (pipelines, quality gates, repeatable releases)
- Data streaming / asynchronous messaging (event-driven patterns; e.g., Kafka)
- Observability & production troubleshooting (logging/metrics/tracing, incident investigation)
Soft Skills Required:
- Strong technical communication skills, able to clearly explain complex designs and trade-offs to engineers, product owners, and managers
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across teams on shared architectures and dependencies
- Technical leadership and ownership, driving decisions and follow-through on complex engineering problems
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking, especially in debugging, production support, and performance issues
- Ability to balance technical depth with delivery, making pragmatic decisions aligned with business priorities
- Comfortable participating in Agile ceremonies and tech