Java Microservices | AWS | Kafka | Kubernetes | AI-Assisted Modernization

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Our clientis seeking a US-based Manager / Software Development Engineer II (SDE-2) to provide hands-on technical leadership for enterprise-scale Java microservices and modernization programs. This role combines architecture and solution design, critical-path engineering, delivery leadership, client consulting, and team mentorship. The Manager / SDE-2 will work with client stakeholders and globally distributed teams to build secure, resilient, observable, and maintainable platforms on AWS.

• Role emphasis: Hands-on engineering leadership, multi-solution architecture, client-facing delivery, and pragmatic use of AI with human validation and accountability. Your Impact
• Own technical outcomes for scalable, resilient, secure, and maintainable Java microservices and distributed systems.
• Lead solution design and modernization decisions across multiple services and business capabilities, not only a single module.
• Translate business needs into architecture, delivery plans, technical designs, estimates, risks, and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Guide engineers through design reviews, critical code contributions, pull request reviews, structured problem solving, and technical coaching.
• Use AI-assisted Code2
  
  Spec and Spec2
  
  Code approaches to accelerate legacy modernization while preserving functional equivalence, security, and engineering quality.
• Build client confidence through clear communication, early risk escalation, reliable delivery, and evidence-based recommendations.

• Key Responsibilities Engineering & Architecture Leadership
• Lead the end-to-end design, development, testing, deployment, and support of Java-based microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven applications.
• Remain hands-on in architecture, design, prototypes, critical code paths, complex debugging, performance tuning, and technical decision-making.
• Create and review architecture artifacts, technical design documents, API contracts, sequence and data flows, threat considerations, and implementation approaches.
• Drive sound decisions across scalability, availability, resilience, security, observability, maintainability, and cost.
• Act as a technical escalation point for complex application, integration, data, cloud, and production issues; lead root-cause analysis and durable remediation.

• Client Consulting & Delivery Leadership
• Lead discovery sessions, technical workshops, architecture reviews, solution walkthroughs, demos, and modernization planning with client stakeholders.
• Explain architecture options, trade-offs, assumptions, dependencies, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Partner with product, architecture, quality engineering, security, Dev Ops, and program leadership to align technology outcomes with business goals.
• Provide credible estimates, identify delivery and technical risks early, define mitigation plans, and support predictable sprint and release commitments.
• Collaborate across US, nearshore, and offshore teams, helping establish clear ownership, engineering standards, and effective ways of working.

• Cloud-Native, Integration & Event Streaming
• Design and deliver AWS-hosted solutions using appropriate compute, storage, identity, monitoring, database, messaging, and container services.
• Containerize applications with Docker and deploy or support workloads on Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS where applicable.
• Design Kafka-based producer and consumer flows, delivery semantics, error handling, replay, idempotency, schema evolution, and operational support.
• Guide secure integration with authentication and authorization services, internal and third-party APIs, relational or No
  
  SQL data stores, and enterprise messaging platforms.
• Apply cloud-native and microservices patterns while avoiding unnecessary complexity and unmanaged operational risk.

• Dev Sec Ops , Quality & Production Readiness
• Guide Jenkins-based CI/CD, Git Hub branching and pull request workflows, automated quality checks, artifact management, deployment, and release practices.
• Enforce meaningful unit, component, contract,…