Job Title: Technical Lead - Java
Full time only - NO C2C
This position requires 2-3 days/week on-site in Columbus, Ohio. Only local candidates can be considered.
Job Summary:
- Seeking an experienced Technical Lead to design, develop, implement, and support applications and IT products. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership, and a commitment to continuous improvement in system stability and performance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of software applications aligned with business objectives.
- Provide technical leadership to onshore and offshore teams, including contractors and full-time employees.
- Elicit requirements and design scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
- Document non-functional requirements for development, integration, and testing teams.
- Ensure technical requirements are clearly understood and executed by developers and engineers.
- Collaborate with teams to refine solutions and anticipate implementation challenges.
- Guide teams to ensure alignment on technical design, best practices, and system integration.
- Deliver robust technical solutions that meet project requirements and deadlines.
- Identify and implement improvements in system monitoring, capacity, and issue resolution.
- Define and execute API strategies for customer integrations.
- Drive system stability and performance enhancements.
- Lead code reviews, enforce best practices, and ensure high-quality standards.
- Provide technical analysis and estimates for business requirements.
- Troubleshoot and resolve system issues, including production outages.
- Oversee integration, load, stress, and end-to-end testing, validating test scenarios and analyzing results.
- Participate in functional and UAT testing by providing technical support.
- Assist in project cutover planning and execution.
- Create and manage Change Requests (CRs) and lead their execution.
- Work closely with the Solution Owner and Project Manager to align priorities.
- Facilitate risk mitigation, issue resolution, and decision-making with key stakeholders.
- Foster innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years in software development and technical leadership roles.
- Expertise in multiple technologies, front-end architecture, and back-end development.
- Experience in microservices, API design, and event-driven architecture (Kafka).
- Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and software development life cycle.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle production outages.
- Proficiency in agile methodologies and tools (Jira, GitHub).
- Expertise in front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and frameworks (React, AngularJS).
- Proficiency in server-side languages (Java, Node.js) and database technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, BigQuery).
- Experience with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments like PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry) and cloud platforms like GCP (Google Cloud Platform).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Required Skills:
- Java (Expert-level)
- API
- Problem Solving
- Cloud Engineering (GCP)
- Google BigQuery
- Agile
- JIRA
- Microservices
- Technical Lead
- System Integration