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Location: Whippany
Employment Type: Full-Time (FTE Only)
Salary: $125K

Purpose of the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Engineer to lead the design and development of scalable backend systems while guiding engineering teams in building secure, high-performance, and production-ready applications.

This role combines hands-on backend development, architectural leadership, technical mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver enterprise-grade distributed systems and real-time streaming solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of backend systems using Java and Spring Boot
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance REST APIs and microservices
• Drive architectural decisions for distributed and event-driven systems
• Guide engineering teams in developing modular, maintainable, and production-ready solutions
• Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards and engineering best practices
• Mentor and support developers through technical guidance and leadership
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, DevOps, and other stakeholders
• Participate in technical design discussions and solution architecture planning
• Ensure application scalability, reliability, resiliency, and performance optimization
• Support deployment activities, debugging, and production issue resolution
• Promote clean coding standards, automation, and quality-first development practices
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend engineering improvements

Basic / Essential Qualifications

Backend Engineering

• Strong hands-on experience in Java backend development for scalable enterprise applications
• Expertise in building REST APIs and microservices using Spring Boot
• Strong understanding of:
  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • Design patterns
  • Secure application development
  • Distributed systems architecture

Databases & Messaging

• Experience working with:
  • Relational databases
  • NoSQL databases
  • Messaging platforms such as:
    • Apache Kafka
    • RabbitMQ

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Exposure to cloud platforms including:
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud (GCP)

Leadership & Collaboration

• Proven ability to lead small to mid-sized engineering teams
• Experience conducting:
  • Code reviews
  • Technical design sessions
  • Architecture discussions
  • Engineering mentorship
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills

Key Skills & Competencies

Streaming & Real-Time Processing

• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • Kafka Streams
  • Apache Flink
• Expertise in:
  • Event-driven architecture
  • Streaming system design
  • Real-time data processing

Distributed Systems Expertise

• Strong understanding of:
  • Partitioning strategies
  • Consumer group design
  • Parallel processing
  • Fault tolerance
  • Backpressure handling
  • Resiliency patterns

Engineering Excellence

• Proven track record of delivering production-grade, maintainable code
• Experience with:
  • Automated testing frameworks
  • Test-driven development (TDD)
  • CI/CD best practices
• Ability to make pragmatic architecture and design trade-offs balancing:
  • Scalability
  • Performance
  • Maintainability
  • Reliability

Performance Optimization

• Experience in:
  • Capacity planning
  • System tuning
  • High-throughput application optimization
  • Production performance monitoring

Experience Required

• 7–10 years of backend engineering experience
• Prior experience in technical leadership or team lead responsibilities preferred