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(1114401) Lead Software Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$170,000🗓 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-03

Core

Lead a team of software engineers to deliver business-critical, scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Software Engineer (Cloud/Java)

Builds

Scalable cloud-native applications, microservices, and AWS infrastructure

Domain

Enterprise Software, Cloud Infrastructure

Required skills

Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS (ECS/Fargate, RDS, CloudWatch), OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Docker, CI/CD, Distributed Systems, SQL/NoSQL

Preferred skills

AI-assisted development tools, Event-driven architecture, Performance optimization, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Technologies

Java, Spring Boot, AWS, OpenSearch, Docker, GitHub, Kubernetes (implied via ECS/Fargate), RDS, CloudWatch

Responsibilities

Lead software engineers in delivering business-critical applications; Establish technical direction and architectural standards; Drive AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives; Ensure solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability; Promote DevOps, CI/CD, and automation practices; Provide technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team; Collaborate with product and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient solutions.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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