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Java Software Developer Lead Jobs in Fairfield, CA, US
76 java software developer lead jobs from 41 companies hiring in Fairfield, CA, US.
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Lead Java Software Engineer
Phoenix or San Francisco or Chicago or Denver or Salt Lake City or Madison
$85k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software development; Java/Spring Boot; cloud-based enterprise apps; strong analytical, communication, and independent working skills.
Java, Python, Spring Boot, MySQL, NoSQL, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Apache Camel, RabbitMQ, Data pipelines, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, REST, SOAP, Microservices
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Lead Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in software engineering or systems development; CS/EE degree; proficient in C/C++, Go, Java, Python; strong debugging; experience with large distributed systems; cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure); networking; full stack.
C, C++, Go, Java, Python, AWS, GCP, Azure, Networking, Databases, Observability, Containers, Kubernetes
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Senior Lead Software Engineer (Go, Java, AWS)
San Francisco, California, United States
$251k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years software engineering; Bachelor's degree; 1+ year cloud (AWS); Java and Go experience; AWS, Docker, Kubernetes; full-stack skills (JavaScript/TypeScript/SQL/Python/HTML/CSS); leadership experience.
Java, Go, JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, NoSQL, RDBMS
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Lead Software Engineer - Quality & AI
San Francisco, California, United States
$173k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software development/quality engineering; Java proficiency; AI/ML expertise; LLM evaluation; REST API testing; automation; SQL; Git, Maven; strong communication.
Postman, SoapUI, Java, JUnit, Jest, Selenium, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Eclipse, REST
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Lead Software Engineer- AI Platform Engineer
San Francisco or Palo Alto
$152k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in software engineering; system design; Go/Java; Kubernetes; Terraform/Ansible; cloud architecture; CI/CD; production code reviews.
Go, Java, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana
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Lead Software Engineer, Cloud Services
San Francisco, California, United States
$179k-$252k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE2+ Mgmt10+ years in software development; distributed systems; Java/Spring Boot; Kubernetes; cloud-native architecture; observability; leadership and collaboration.
Kubernetes, Docker, Nomad, Java, Spring Boot, Postgres, DynamoDB, IAM, VPCs
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Lead Software Engineer - Automation
Novato or Culver City
$134k-$214k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years software engineering; 2+ years in game engines; proficient in compiled and scripting languages; CI/CD; test automation; strong communication; interest in LLMs.
C#, C++, Go, Rust, Java, Python, Bash, TeamCity, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
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Lead Software Engineer - Core AI
San Francisco or United States
$200k-$215k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years engineering experience with proficiency in C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python; experience with generative AI, LLMs, and cloud infrastructure; strong architecture and mentoring.
C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Python, Generative AI, LLMs, MCP, LangGraph, OpenAI, Bedrock, Cloud infrastructure
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Senior Lead Software Engineer- AI Platform engineer
San Francisco or Palo Alto
$171k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; Kubernetes and Docker; Python/Go/Java/C#; cloud delivery models; IaC; ML basics; independent problem solving.
Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Go, Java, C#, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)
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Technical Lead - Software Developer, Data Foundry
San Francisco or San Diego or Boston or Louisville or Indianapolis
$152k-$244k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5–10+ years scientific software development; Python and another language; REST APIs, data pipelines, microservices; experience with scientific datasets.
Python, Java, C#, Go, TypeScript, Rust, SQL, REST APIs, Microservices, MLflow, Weights & Biases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Prefect, Airflow, Nextflow, Postgres, Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, LIMS, ELN, Benchling, RDKit, Schrödinger, MOE, Git, Linux, Bash
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Lead Software Engineer - DevOps & Infrastrcuture
San Francisco, California, United States
$185k-$215k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years building enterprise infrastructure; 5+ years OO language (Java/Python); strong AWS expertise; Terraform, Kubernetes/EKS, containers; Grafana/Prometheus; CI/CD; Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Grafana, Prometheus, EKS, CodeDeploy, ECR, API Gateway, Bedrock, CI/CD
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Staff Software Engineer - Android DX
San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull Time
8+ YOELead Android SDK design/development; 8+ years software engineering; strong Kotlin/Java; Android internals; public API design; mentor engineers.
Kotlin, Java, Android SDK, Android Studio, APIs, Performance profiling
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Software Engineer III
San Ramon, California, United States
$104k-$153k/yr RemoteFull Time
6+ YOE5+ years cloud, DevOps, and software engineering experience; hands-on with Python/Java/SQL, AWS/Azure, CI/CD, IaC, and platform reliability; able to mentor and lead junior engineers.
Python, Spark, Java, SQL, Shell Scripting, Jenkins, Git, AWS, Azure, Jira, ServiceNow, Autosys, Glue, Jupyter Notebook, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Linux, Windows
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Staff Software Engineer
Pleasanton, California, United States
$138k-$187k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOELead and design high-volume, fault-tolerant Java apps; 6+ yrs exp; strong Java/JEE, REST, AWS, Spring; leadership and mentoring.
Java, JEE, Spring, REST, AWS, Maven, Jenkins, Gradle, Git, JUnit, Docker, Kubernetes, JPOS, ISO-8583, Web Services
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Senior Software Engineer
San Francisco or Seattle
$127k-$192k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend software engineering; Java/Go/C++; Kubernetes/containers; GCP; CI/CD (Jenkins/CircleCI); lead/mentor; debug/automate; scalable systems; observability; BS in CS/Engineering/Math or related
Kubernetes, Containers, GCP, Jenkins, CircleCI, Java, Go, C++
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Lead Sr Staff Software Engineer - Front End Fundamentals
Bellevue or Boulder or Chicago or Denver or Irvine or Los Angeles or New York or San Francisco or San Jose or Seattle or Ventura
$166k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
13+ YOE1+ MgmtSenior frontend leadership role requiring 13+ years of software development, 1+ year of people management, strong TypeScript/JavaScript or other languages, cloud and distributed systems experience, and mentoring.
TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Java, C, C++, Python, SQL, Scala
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Staff Software Engineer
Pleasanton, California, United States
$114k-$228k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Java/Spring Boot microservices on Azure, AKS, cloud architecture, leading and mentoring teams, strong communication.
Java, Spring Boot, Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Service Bus, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, Azure API Management, APIM, JPA/Hibernate, Spring Data, CI/CD, Linux, Kubernetes
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Staff Software Engineer, Storage
San Francisco, California, United States
$185k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lead cloud storage features; experience building distributed storage systems; strong software engineering fundamentals; cloud storage expertise; proficiency in Java or Go; IaC tooling; Linux internals; pass background check.
Java, Go, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Linux
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Principal Software Engineer
San Mateo, California, United States
$295k-$345k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOELead reliability-focused software engineer with 8+ years of experience including 2+ years in SRE or software engineering; strong technical leadership and collaboration skills.
Go, C#, Java
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Lead Software Engineer, Omni Promotions eCommerce Engineering (San Francisco, CA, US, USA_522388)
San Francisco, California, United States
$178k-$198k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs; 3+ years React; Azure; Kafka; MySQL; Istio; Splunk/AppDynamics; Promos platform knowledge; BS/MS in CS; agile collaboration.
Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, Microservices, Azure, React, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Kafka, MySQL, Istio, Splunk, AppDynamics, Talon.One
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Lead Full Stack Software Engineer, Claims
San Francisco or Lehi or Plano
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years as a full-stack engineer; strong Java/Spring Cloud, Kafka, React/Angular; cloud experience (AWS/GCP); BRMS familiarity; AI tooling knowledge; excellent communication.
Java, Spring Cloud, Kafka, React, Angular, GraphQL, AWS, GCP, BRMS, Drools, Kogito, LangChain, Google ADK
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Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement Products
San Francisco or United States
$177k-$365k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOEBS+ in Computer Science or related field; 8+ years in software engineering; strong data-pipeline and distributed-systems experience; proficiency in Java/Scala/Kotlin or Python plus SQL; experience with AI enablement and AdTech/measurement products; ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
Java, Scala, Kotlin, Python, SQL
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, IAM
San Francisco or Seattle
$262k-$365k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor’s or equivalent practical experience; 8+ years software development; 7+ years leading technical strategy and ML infrastructure; 5+ years design/architecture; 3+ years with generative AI agents.
C++, Java, Python, Google Cloud Platform, IAM, ML
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Lead Full Stack Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years software engineering; BS/MS in CS/Engineering; strong Java with API-first architecture; Azure experience; microservices and distributed systems; CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes; cloud platforms; product-based engineering culture.
Java, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, APIs, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, Terraform
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Lead Full Stack Engineer (Front-end UI), Ad Decisioning
Glendale or Seattle or San Francisco or Santa Monica
$152k-$224k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering; strong Java and front-end skills; experience with SpringBoot, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka/Kinesis; AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes; excellent collaboration and communication.
Java, SpringBoot, DynamoDB, Redis, Kafka, Kinesis, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Node, React, NextJS, Express, Typescript, Tailwind
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Software Engineering Manager, Risk Engineering
New York City or San Francisco
$193k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE3+ Mgmt8+ years in software development; 3+ years leading engineering teams; strong architecture focus; experience with full stack systems (Scala/Java and React Native); proven stakeholder collaboration.
Scala, Java, React Native
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Senior Manager, Software Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$232k-$290k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOE3+ MgmtLead software engineers; 12+ years exp; 3+ years leadership; distributed systems; Go/Java/Python; Kubernetes; AWS.
Go, Java, Python, Kubernetes, AWS
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Lead Automation Engineer, Director
San Francisco, California, United States
$190k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOELead automation engineer with 7+ years in automation, RPA, AI, CI/CD, and team leadership; strong programming, cloud, and QA experience.
UiPath, Playwright, Power Automate, Selenium, FitNesse, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Jira, Confluence, Xray
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Technical Lead, Billing and Revenue Platform
San Francisco or San Francisco County
$210k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering, 2+ years as tech lead; billing/revenue systems experience; Golang/Java/TypeScript; ownership mindset; product-focused impact.
Golang, Java, Typescript, SQL
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Staff Software Engineer, Stream Compute
San Francisco or Seattle or New York or Toronto
RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in distributed systems; technical lead; hands-on with Flink/Spark/Kafka; build and scale infra; strong software engineering; autonomous; strong communication.
Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, Pulsar, Pinot, AWS, Go, Java, Scala
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Director, Software Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$275k-$413k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering; 5+ years leading multiple scrum teams; REST APIs; cloud-native microservices; Kubernetes; AI tool integration; SaaS platform leadership.
Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, React, TypeScript, Node, Java, Go, CI/CD, AI tools
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Advisory Lead, Software-TTS (SPAM)
Chicago or Boston or Dallas or Los Angeles or Minneapolis or New York City or San Francisco or Seattle or Washington D.C.
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8-10+ years of hands-on software development; experience with complex systems integration, SDLC; Agile/Lean project management; ability to lead executive-facing engagements; strong communication.
C#, Java, Python, SDLC
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Vice President, Services Developer, AI Enablement
San Francisco, California, United States
$155k-$214k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lead architecture and design of distributed systems; strong Java/JVM, Kubernetes, and AI-enabled backend experience; collaborate with product and research teams; drive architecture decisions.
Java, JVM, Spring Boot, REST, gRPC, Linux, Maven, Gradle, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, AI/ML, Azure, Python
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Backend Customer Success Engineer (Kotlin Ecosystem)
Foster City or Marlton or United States
HybridFull Time
Extensive Kotlin/Java/JVM experience; migration of Java backend to Kotlin; Spring ecosystem; build tools Maven/Gradle; customer-facing roles; strong English communication; ability to lead workshops and engage with engineering teams.
Kotlin, Java, JVM, Spring, Maven, Gradle
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TECHNICAL LEAD L1 (Richmond, USA-CA, US, 1254)
Richmond, California, United States
$60k-$149k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5-8 years experience; Core Java; knowledge of Spring, SQL, Unix/Linux, monitoring tools.
Java, Spring / Spring Boot, SQL, Unix/Linux, Shell scripting, Splunk, AppDynamics, Kafka, MQ, Monitoring tools
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Lead Architect, Ads Measurement
Cupertino or San Francisco
OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; distributed systems and data warehousing; leadership; strong communication; Bachelor’s in CS/CE or equivalent
Java, Python, Spark, Trino, Hadoop, Cassandra, Kafka, Snowflake, SQL
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Senior Software Development Manager, Engage
San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or Seattle or New York
$185k-$288k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOE3+ MgmtLead one of three engineering teams; 3+ years as software engineering manager; 5+ years in software engineering; proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or C/C++; design scalable systems; deliver customer-centric solutions; mentor team growth
Golang, Python, Java, C/C++, AWS
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Principal Data Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$207k-$276k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years in software, FinTech, leading cross-functional teams; expert in data engineering, SDLC, cloud, and architectures; hands-on with Java, microservices, big data, and CI/CD.
Java, Spring, Microservices, Kafka, Oracle, SQL, JavaScript, Python, Hadoop/S3, Spark, TensorFlow, PyTorch, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure, Jira, Confluence
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Mobile Engineering Manager
Culver City or Linthicum or Allen or Chicago or Orlando or Baton Rouge or Phoenix or Waltham or Harrisburg or Knoxville or Richmond or West Valley City or San Diego or Indianapolis or Lexington or Parma or Little Rock or Asheville or Birmingham or Chantilly or Brooklyn or Washington or Fort Collins or San Mateo or Schaumburg or Atlanta
$180k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE2+ Mgmt7+ years mobile development; 2+ years leading a team; US work authorization; employer sponsorship not provided.
Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, React Native, CI/CD, cloud technologies, RESTful APIs, relational databases
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Senior Manager, Engineering - AI Agents
San Ramon or United States
$133k-$392k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE3+ MgmtLeads engineering for AI Agent platform; 8+ years software dev; 3+ years leadership; SaaS/distributed systems; GenAI; hiring experience.
Java, JVM, REST, gRPC, Distributed Systems, SaaS, AI/GenAI, Cloud
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