Rocket Software

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Job Title: Lead Java Software Engineer<\/span><\/b>\n
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Location: Chicago, IL (Remote)<\/span><\/b>\n
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Duration: 12 months contract<\/span><\/b>\n
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Must Have Skills\/Attributes<\/span><\/b>: AWS, DevOps, GitHub, Java, Software Development.<\/span>\n
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Experience Desired<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Java development, including modern Java versions, Spring Boot, Microservices (10+ yrs).<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>AWS cloud\-native applications, including ECS\/Fargate, IAM, RDS, ALB, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager (5+ yrs).<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Technical Lead or Software Engineering Lead (5+ yrs).<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Distributed Systems and Event\-Driven microservices, including API integration, performance optimization (5+ yrs).<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>DevOps and CI\/CD practices using Docker, GitHub, observability tools (3+ yrs)<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Required Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree.<\/span>\n
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Job Description:<\/span><\/b>\n
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Required Education\/Experience:<\/span><\/b>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.<\/span>\n
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Required Qualifications:<\/span><\/b>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>10+ years' experience in this capacity with 5+ years in a lead role.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable cloud\-native applications on AWS.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Drives architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI\/CD, observability and AWS infrastructure.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>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.<\/span>\n
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Required Technical Skills:<\/span><\/b>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Spring Boot<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Java (latest versions)<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Microservices Architecture<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>REST API Development<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>AWS Cloud Services (ECS\/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager)<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>OpenSearch \/ Elasticsearch<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Docker<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>CI\/CD Pipelines<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>GitHub<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Distributed Systems<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Cloud Architecture<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Observability & Monitoring<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>DevOps Practices<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Infrastructure as Code (IaC)<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>SQL & NoSQL Databases<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Event\-Driven Architecture<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>API Integration<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Performance Optimization<\/span>\n
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Responsibilities:<\/span><\/b>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Leads software engineers in delivering business\-critical applications.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Establishes technical direction and architectural standards.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ensures solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Promotes DevOps, CI\/CD, automation, and AI\-assisted development practices.<\/span>\n
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         <\/span><\/span><\/span>Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.<\/span>\n
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