We’re Hiring: Sr / Lead Java Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL (5 Days Onsite)
Candidates: Local / Nearby candidates preferred
Employment Type: W2
Hourly Payrate: $70 - $80
We are looking for a Senior / Lead Java Engineer who can drive development end-to-end, lead the team, and mentor junior developers while remaining hands-on with coding and architecture. This role will involve 60–70% development and 30–40% team leadership activities.
Primary Skills:
Java Development
Spring / Microservices Architecture
Strong experience with API development and integrations
Kafka
AWS Cloud
End-to-End CI/CD experience
Docker & Kubernetes (hands-on with containerized applications)
Jenkins experience is a plus
Nice to Have:
Frontend exposure (plus, not mandatory)
Java modernization experience
Payments / Financial applications experience (highly preferred)
DevOps mindset / experience
Role Highlights:
Lead and guide the engineering team
Mentor junior developers
Drive end-to-end delivery of microservices-based applications
Work on high-scale payment systems processing $6–8 trillion daily