Lead and Principal Java Engineer

Location: (Multiple states)

Lead and Principal Java Engineer

Location: Remote, USA
Employment type: Contract
Indicative rate: $110–$140/hr

Contract leadership opportunities for senior Java engineers who remain hands-on while guiding architecture and delivery of complex enterprise systems. Assignments may involve modernization, distributed services, cloud-native applications, and high-throughput or mission-critical platforms. Leads partner with engineering and business stakeholders, shape technical direction, and support teams through design, implementation, review, and delivery.

Core skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Microservices
• System Architecture
• REST APIs
• Distributed Systems
• Technical Leadership
• Cloud Platforms

Required qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Java engineering experience
• Experience leading design and implementation of enterprise-scale software
• Strong experience with Spring Boot and microservices architecture
• Experience designing scalable, secure, and maintainable APIs or services
• Ability to make and communicate architectural and technical decisions
• Experience mentoring or guiding engineers or delivery teams
• Experience with code reviews, testing, and production-quality engineering practices
• Ability to collaborate with product, business, and engineering stakeholders

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with AWS, ECS/EKS, Lambda, or other cloud services
• Experience with Kafka, messaging, or event-driven systems
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Experience modernizing large-scale enterprise applications