Lead Java Software Engineer

ELEKS

Lead Java Developer at ELEKS developing enterprise Java applications for a world-class digital platform. Designing scalable solutions and mentoring developers in a collaborative environment.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheAWSDynamoDBJavaJenkinsKafkaMicroservicesNoSQLRabbitMQSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Competent to perform all programming and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
Acts as team leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.
Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
Drives application development focused on delivering business-valuable features
Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
Identifies and encourages areas for growth and improvement within the team.
Mentors junior developers.
Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.
Leads the development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional teams
Performs integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that require careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results
Participates in technology evaluation and recommendations.
Applies an enterprise-wide view to solutions to support the adoption of standards and practices and promote reuse.
Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by management from time to time.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of experience designing and developing enterprise Java applications (5+ years with a Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field)
Strong expertise in Java 17+ and backend development
Experience developing scalable software applications using relational and NoSQL databases
Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem
Solid understanding of software architecture patterns, including MVC, Microservices, and Event-driven Architecture
Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs
Experience with API design and testing tools such as OpenAPI (Swagger), Postman, and Assertible
Strong knowledge of AWS services, including IAM, API Gateway, Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, ALB, NLB, Fargate, SQS, SNS, and KMS
Experience with messaging and event streaming technologies such as Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Apache ActiveMQ
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using Jenkins or similar tools
Experience delivering highly available, scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant backend solutions
Understanding of software architecture principles and experience contributing to technical design decisions
Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet project deadlines
Passion for technology and eagerness to contribute to a collaborative, team-oriented environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Close cooperation with a customer
Challenging tasks
Competence development
Ability to influence project technologies
Team of professionals
Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

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Hard Skills & Tools

Java 17+backend developmentSpring BootRESTful APIsrelational databasesNoSQL databasesCI/CD pipelinesDevOps practicessoftware architecture patternsintegration testing

Soft Skills

team leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem identificationcollaborationpressure managementguidancegrowth encouragementcustomer interactionquality assurance

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science