Date Posted: 09/01/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 506679
Industry: Manufacturing
Job Title: Lead Java Software Engineer
Job Location: Remote, USA
Work Model: Remote
Work Model Details: Chicago office Preferred but the role can be 100%
Shift: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 12
Min Hourly Rate($): 80.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 86.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: AWS, DevOps, GitHub, Java, Software Development
Experience Desired: Java development, including modern Java versions, Spring Boot, Microservices (10+ yrs); AWS cloud-native applications, including ECS/Fargate, IAM, RDS, ALB, CloudWatch, and Secrets Manager (5+ yrs); Technical Lead or Software Engineering Lead (5+ yrs); distributed systems and event-driven microservices, including API integration, performance optimizat (5+ yrs); DevOps and CI/CD practices using Docker, GitHub, observability tools (3+ yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Description
Required Education/Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years’ experience in this capacity with 5+ years in a lead role.
• Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Drives architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI/CD, observability and AWS infrastructure.
• Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions while mentoring engineers, improving development processes, and ensuring successful execution of business objectives.
Required Technical Skills:
• Spring Boot
• Java (latest versions )
• Microservices Architecture
• REST API Development
• AWS Cloud Services (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager)
• OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
• Docker
• CI/CD Pipelines
• GitHub
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Architecture
• Observability & Monitoring
• DevOps Practices
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• SQL & NoSQL Databases
• Event-Driven Architecture
• API Integration
• Performance Optimization
Responsibilities:
• Leads software engineers in delivering business-critical applications.
• Establishes technical direction and architectural standards.
• Drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.
• Ensures solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Promotes DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.
Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
My on-boarding with Rose was outstanding. The packets of information, the process, and great attention to detail each person gave me allowed me to get started quickly.I appreciated each person's friendly and helpful attitude.
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It was great working for Rose International. Everyone was extremely helpful.
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Each time I contacted Rose, I was completely satisfied with the great attention and customer service I received. Each person was extremely knowledgeable and patient with my concerns or questions.
Diana, Consultant
As a contractor, I have to say that Rose International was by far the best agency I have worked for.
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