Lead the Service team while maintaining hands-on involvement in development.
Drive technical design, architecture decisions, and implementation strategies for service systems.
Establish and maintain engineering best practices around Java, Spring Boot, and event-driven architectures.
Oversee development of the Service platform, ensuring high availability and reliability.
Manage project priorities, deadlines, and resources while maintaining technical excellence.
Lead Agile ceremonies with focus on continuous improvement and team efficiency.
Guide the career development of engineers, with focus on backend development expertise.
Provide mentorship in AI, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and microservices best practices.
Conduct regular 1:1s and performance evaluations focused on technical and professional growth.
Work closely with Product Management and stakeholders to define and deliver order processing capabilities.
Foster collaboration between the Service team and other engineering teams.
Drive continuous improvement in our event-driven architecture and microservices approach.
Drive AI transformation in team processes and procedures.
Optimize development processes while maintaining high quality standards.

Requirements

3+ years of proven track record building and managing high-performance engineering teams.
7+ years of hands-on development experience with Java and Spring Boot.
Strong expertise in event-driven architecture and message processing.
Experience with GraphQL API design and implementation in Java.
Extensive experience with AWS services and microservice architecture.
Experience leading teams in building secure, scalable backend services.
Experience leading off-shore contractors and remote/hybrid teams.
Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and infrastructure as code.
Strong understanding of AI Tooling and Workflow Automation.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
free testing in addition to fertility care benefits.
pregnancy and baby bonding leave.
401k benefits.
commuter benefits.
generous employee referral program!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpring Bootevent-driven architecturemicroservicesGraphQLAWSCI/CDinfrastructure as codeAI ToolingWorkflow Automation

Soft Skills

leadershipmentorshipcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingteam collaborationproject managementcontinuous improvementperformance evaluationtechnical excellence