Development Technical Lead (Technology)

Posting Date

10/22/2026 1300 Morris DrSte 100, Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, 19087-5559, United States of America

Development Technical Lead (Technology)

Role Summary

As a Development Technical Lead, you will serve as a technical and architectural leader for enterprise application integration solutions. You will be responsible for creating design and technical specifications from business requirements, establishing coding standards, and providing technical guidance and mentorship to Developers and Senior Developers. You will lead architecture design and code reviews, collaborate across Agile delivery teams, champion AI-assisted developer tooling, and partner with QA and support teams to drive defect resolution and performance tuning across complex enterprise integration platforms.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Create Design & Technical Specifications from business requirements/specifications, providing technical architecture guidance, code standards, and mentoring to Developers and Sr. Developers.
• Lead and participate in architecture design and code reviews, collaborating closely with fellow developers, solution architects, and engineering leadership.
• Guide the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise middleware, microservices, and message-oriented integration solutions (Apache Camel, Red Hat Fuse, Kafka, ActiveMQ).
• Design and build secure RESTful and SOAP Web Services, API contracts, Data Mapping, and complex XML/JSON message processing transformations.
• Mentor team members on AI prompt engineering, code review practices for AI-generated code, and maintaining quality, security, and coding standards.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, and Quality Analysts throughout all phases of the project delivery lifecycle (SDLC/Agile).
• Partner with Quality Analysts and support teams to troubleshoot complex integration issues/defects, identify root causes, and drive production defect resolutions and performance tuning in Linux and Cloud environments.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7+ years of experience in Java / J2EE development and enterprise application integration solutions (EAI, B2B, ESB) is required.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Red Hat Fuse ESB, Apache Camel, Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, Camel on Spring Boot, and application server technologies (Karaf, JBoss).
• In-depth development and implementation experience with Spring and Spring Boot frameworks.
• Strong expertise in designing and building RESTful and SOAP Web Services, API contracts, Data Mapping, and XML/JSON message processing.
• Strong experience with modern DevOps and CI/CD tools, including Git, Stash/Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Maven, SonarQube, and Docker containerization.
• Extensive experience in Linux and Cloud operating environments is required.
• Proven experience applying software development methodologies (SDLC, Agile/Scrum) and leading technical delivery teams.
• Experience leveraging enterprise AI developer tools for code generation, automated unit test creation, refactoring, and optimizing development workflows.
• Proficiencies in HL7 and EDI libraries, as well as JSON and XML messaging standards, are strongly preferred.
• Proficiency designing and developing complex enterprise integrations using Workday Studio is strongly preferred.
• Experience with centralized logging and monitoring stacks such as Splunk and Dynatrace is preferred.
  

What We’ll Provide

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings:

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.
  

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

DaVita is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. As such, DaVita makes hiring decisions solely based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, and does not discriminate on any basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

 

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.