Java/J2EE & Microservices Developer/Lead - Remote

Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Java/J2EE developers in designing, developing, and maintaining microservices-based applications. Provide technical guidance on architecture, best practices, coding standards, and code reviews. Architect microservices and define APIs for seamless integration. Ensure proper data management, fault tolerance, and scalability in microservices design. Implement CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes. Implement DevOps best practices including version control, automated builds, automated testing, continuous integration, and deployment. Manage and monitor application performance, availability, and security. Use tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift to streamline development, testing, and deployment workflows. 12+ years in software development and delivery. 2+ years as a Java Technical Lead (or equivalent lead/architect role) with team management responsibilities. 8+ years Java / J2EE: strong core Java, concurrency, JVM tuning, and J2EE concepts. 5+ years Spring Framework / Spring Boot / Microservices: designing and implementing microservices-based architectures. 5+ years REST APIs / API design: API contract design, versioning, and security best practices. 3+ years with Docker Containerization — building images and best practices for containers. 2+ years with Kubernetes container orchestration— deployment patterns, Helm, service discovery. 3+ years Weblogic hands-on experience deploying and managing applications on Weblogic (preferred strong experience). 2+ years Frontend (Angular) ability to collaborate on frontend integration and review client-side code. 5 Years Relational Databases - design, performance tuning, stored procedures (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL). 3+ years DevOps / CI-CD - Jenkins, pipeline-as-code, automated builds, artifact management. 2+ years monitoring & observability, application and batch job monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, etc.). 2+ years batch jobs / scheduling — design and troubleshooting of batch processes and job orchestration. 3+ years application support practice — incident management, runbooks, SLAs. Design and develop scalable, efficient, and secure microservices using Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, and related frameworks. Collaborate with product managers and business analysts to translate requirements into technical solutions. Guide the team for and review work packet estimation Establish and oversee monitoring solutions for batch job executions and application health, performance. Implement alerting and reporting mechanisms to ensure timely responses to failures or performance degradation. Participate in project planning, estimation, and retrospectives. Enforce code quality and security standards through automated testing and code reviews. Work time: Eastern Time Zone