IT Software Engineer/Lead Java Backend Developer
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-09-06
Listing for:
3Core Systems, Inc
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-06
Job specializations:
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Software Development
DevOps, Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer, Software Architect
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Chicago, United States | Posted on 09/02/2026
Job Title:IT Software Engineer 5 / Lead Java Backend Developer
Location:
Chicago, IL preferred but the role can be 100% remote butthere will be travel involved when needed.
Duration: 12 months contract.
Position’s Contributions to Work Group:
- 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, Open Search platforms, CI/CD, observability and AWS infrastructure.
- Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, andhigh-performing solutions while mentoring engineers, improving development processes, and ensuring successful execution of business objectives.
- 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 Dev Ops,CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
- Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Mentors’ engineers and develop technical talent.
- Partners with Product Owners, Architects, and stakeholders to align technology investments with business goals.
Required:
- 10+ years’experience in this capacity with 5+ years in a lead role.
Skills:
- Java (latest would be ideal), Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs,AWS (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, Cloud Watch, Secrets Manager),Open Search/Elasticsearch, Docker, CI/CD, Git Hub, Distributed Systems, Cloud Architecture, Observability, Dev Ops, Infrastructure as Code, SQL/No
SQL databases, Event-Driven Architecture, API Integration, Performance Optimization, and AI-assisted Development Tools.
- Strong technical leadership, communication, stakeholder management,mentoring and coaching, collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking,decision making, ownership, conflict resolution, adaptability, and the abilityto influence cross-functional teams while driving successful delivery ofcomplex cloud-native solutions.
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