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Java Software Developer Lead Jobs in United States
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Lead Java Software Engineer
Madison or North America
$85k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in software development; strong Java, Spring Boot; cloud & DevOps; microservices; communication and collaboration skills.
Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, NoSQL, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, APM, Apache Camel, RabbitMQ, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Jira, Confluence, Git, REST, SOAP, SQL
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Java Lead Software Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$152k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years of professional software development; strong Java (11/17+), Spring Boot; CI/CD, cloud native, Agile; financial services domain knowledge.
Java, Spring Boot, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry, AWS, Kubernetes, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, EKS, Lambdas, SQS, SNS, KMS
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Java Software Developer Lead - TechArch
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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5+ YOE2+ MgmtLead Java Developer with 5+ years in Java, Spring, Azure; manages a small team, provides technical guidance, and ensures quality and security.
Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Azure, API (OpenAPI/Swagger), IBM App Connect Enterprise, Oracle/MS SQL Server, Azure SQL, OpenAPI/Swagger
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Lead Java Software Engineer
Charlotte or Chandler
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering with Java/Microservices; 3+ years with Spring Boot.
Java, Spring Boot, ReactJS, Redux, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, JavaScript, Oracle, Mongo, OpenAI, Kafka, Apigee, Docker, K3s, MongoDB
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Java Lead Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$152k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering experience; strong Java/Spring Boot; database and cloud familiarity; SDLC involvement; code reviews and performance tuning.
Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, PostgreSQL, SQL, Kafka, Splunk, Dynatrace, Postman, AWS, Jira, Confluence, IntelliJ IDEA, Maven, Git, Jenkins, Sonar, Artifactory, AI-powered code assistants
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Sr. Java Software Developer Lead
Southlake or Austin or Chicago
$155k-$175k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE10+ years in software development/architecture; strong Java, Spring, Struts; UI and data experience; REST and security tooling; Agile; open-source contributions; financial services knowledge preferred.
Java, JSP, Struts, Spring, EJB, Redis, Oracle, Maven, Git, Jenkins, Angular, SQL, Veracode, BlackDuck, Whitehat, Qualys, SAST, DAST, SCA, Jira, Confluence, Zephyr
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Lead Software Engineer - Java
Plano, Texas, United States
OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software development; Java or Python; Spring Boot; NodeJS; REST APIs; cloud and microservices; leadership.
Java, Python, Spring Boot, NodeJS, REST APIs, AWS, SQL, Real-time streaming, Microservices
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Lead Software Engineer - Java
Saint Paul or Charlotte or Columbia
$99k-$162k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE5+ Mgmt8+ years in Java-based software development; 5+ years in team leadership; strong Spring expertise; experience with OpenShift/Azure; relational databases; and modern DevOps tools.
Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Security, Spring Integration, Red Hat OpenShift, Azure, Oracle, SQL Server, SQL, Git, Azure DevOps, Maven, Gradle, Selenium, Playwright
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Lead Java Developer
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOELead Java Developer with 5+ years Java, leadership, FIX API, distributed services, and SDLC experience for mission-critical post-trade workflows.
Java, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, Kafka, JMS, REST, WebSockets, Redis, QuickFIX/J, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tanzu, Conventional SDLC tooling
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Lead Software Engineer (Java)
United States
$175k-$185k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE3+ Mgmt10+ years software development; 4+ years Java backend; 3+ years technical leadership; strong full-stack delivery
Django, Dropwizard, React, Expo, Vite, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Redis, TimescaleDB, DynamoDB, Jest, Cypress, Pytest
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Software Engineer Lead (FullStack Java Developer)
Dallas or Farmers Branch or Strongsville or Pittsburgh
$55k-$159k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOELead UI and backend development; 5+ years in Java/microservices, cloud, CI/CD; strong leadership and mentoring.
Angular, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Gradle, OpenShift, AWS, Azure, Jenkins, UDeploy, Maven, Dynatrace, Splunk, WebSphere, Oracle, MongoDB
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Lead Java Developer
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOELead Java developer with 5+ years Java experience, Spring/JPA, distributed systems, FIX, microservices, and Agile delivery.
Java, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, Kafka, JMS, REST, Web Sockets, Redis, SQL, PL/SQL, Conccurency, OpenShift, Kubernetes, QuickFIX/J, React, Angular
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Java Lead Developer
Columbus, Ohio, United States
HybridFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's degree; 5+ years IT experience; 4+ years Java development; API creation and multi-platform experience.
Java, APIs, Automation
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Lead Java Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$113k-$130k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices; design/implement robust software; hybrid work; bachelor’s degree; visa sponsorship not available.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices
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Lead Software Engineer II – Java & Python
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
$100k-$135k/yr RemoteAll Commitments Available
4+ YOE4-6 years of software engineering, strong Java/Python backend, AWS experience, SQL/NoSQL knowledge, CI/CD, Docker, and collaboration skills.
Java, Python, AWS, DynamoDB, RDS, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, Docker, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch, Datadog, CI/CD
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Lead Java Developer - Contractor
Peachtree Corners, Georgia, United States
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5+ YOEBachelor’s degree in CS or related field; 5-10 years Java development; Oracle DB/DB2 and MQ experience; Java tools and frameworks; Agile; API and web tech; IDEs; open source frameworks.
Java, Java EE, Spring, Hibernate, Java SE 8, Maven, Eclipse, Oracle, MQ, Web frameworks, Unit testing tools, Application containers
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Lead Software Engineer
Plano, Texas, United States
$179k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE1+ MgmtLead software engineer with 4+ years of software development, cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), and proficiency in JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, and Go.
JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, HTML/CSS, Open Source RDBMS, NoSQL
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Lead Java Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$113k-$130k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years Java with Spring Boot microservices; strong design/architecture skills; hybrid work in Sunnyvale, CA; bachelor's degree; visa transfer/sponsorship not available.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, DevOps
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Staff Java Server Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$160k-$240k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years in software development; 5+ years leading technical teams; Java, Spring Boot, REST/microservices; cloud-native architectures; strong CS fundamentals.
Java, Kotlin, Scala, Spring Boot, TDD, SQL, NoSQL, RESTful APIs, Microservices, Cloud
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Lead Software Engineer
Rockville or Tysons
$114k-$249k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOELead software engineer with Java, AWS, Python, and strong system design experience.
Spring Boot, Java, Python, REST, GraphQL, Microservices, AWS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS, ECS, Fargate, Aurora, CI/CD
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Lead Java Developer- Vice President
New York, New York, United States
$142k-$213k/yr HybridFull Time
Senior Java developer with Core Java/J2EE/Spring; Python scripting; Capital Markets front office experience; AWS migration; microservices, containers; observability; strong communication.
Java, J2EE, Spring, Python, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Kafka, JMS, gRPC, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Relational Databases, NoSQL, Linux
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Lead Software Engineer
New York or Holmdel or Bethlehem or Boston
$119k-$195k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOELead API-focused software engineer with 10+ years of distributed systems experience; strong Java, Node.js, .NET or Python API development and cloud/DevOps tooling.
Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, .NET, Python, React, Angular, TypeScript, Microservices, EIP, Event-Driven Architecture, OpenAPI, Swagger, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth 2.0, JWT, CI/CD, Bitbucket, Jenkins, AWS, GitHub, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, Async/API-driven, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS S3, Lambda, Kafka, SQS, SNS, Redis, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, OpenAPI, Swagger, SQL, NoSQL
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Java Interface Lead Developer
Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
$115k-$125k/yr OnsiteFull Time
9+ YOESenior Java developer with 8-10 years of experience, strong in Java 17, microservices, SQL/NoSQL, Azure, and cloud-native design; insurance domain experience preferred.
Java, Java 17, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, JDK, JVM, Azure, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Hazelcast, Pub/Sub, Junit, Mockito, Maven, HTML, Servlets, JSP, Spring, MVC, Liquibase
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Lead Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$150k-$210k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOELead Java developer with 6+ years, leadership, Agile/DevOps, and strong communication.
Java
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Software Engineer, Lead
Springfield, Virginia, United States
$87k-$198k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years in software development with Java/Javascript; Agile; TS/SCI with polygraph; cloud-focused system development; full stack experience.
Java, JavaScript, Agile, Jenkins, Swagger, GitHub, GitLab, AWS, Red Hat, Oracle, JMeter, Nexus, Apigee, JSON, XML, SQL, Bash, Curl
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Lead Software Engineer
Glendale or Santa Monica
$156k-$209k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOELead software engineer with 7+ years experience; strong Java, microservices, AWS; design, mentoring, and collaboration skills.
Java, SpringBoot, DynamoDB, Redis, MemCache, Kafka, Kinesis, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservice architecture
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Java Lead Developer (48733)
New Jersey, New Jersey, United States
OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8-10 years of experience; strong Java backend with Spring/Hibernate; leadershipили; experience with SQL/NoSQL and RESTful APIs
Java, Spring, Hibernate, SQL, NoSQL, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL
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Lead Software Engineer–Developer
Berkeley, Missouri, United States
$161k-$217k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOELead software engineering role requiring Top Secret clearance, 5+ years Java/C++, 1+ year MATLAB, and project leadership.
Java, C++, MATLAB, Git, GitLab, CMake, Linux, Windows
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Lead Software Engineer
Philadelphia or Cedar Rapids or Denver
$111k-$135k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOELead software engineer with 5+ years in Core Java or .NET; strong microservices, cloud, CI/CD; leadership and collaboration skills.
Java, .NET, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Cloud, RDBMS, NoSQL, CI/CD, DevOps, Appian, AWS Connect, Kiro
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Lead Software Engineer
Westlake, Texas, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6-8 years of software development experience; proficient in Java and web services; Kubernetes experience; database design; bachelor’s preferred.
Java, .NET Core, C#, MS SQL, React, Kubernetes, JSON, SOAP, REST, XML, Tomcat, LLMs, Elasticsearch
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Developer - Java
Topeka, Kansas, United States
$82k-$136k/yr HybridFull Time
2+ YOEJava/JEE developer with experience in Java EE, Spring, and REST APIs; BS in CS preferred; ITIL/Agile training preferred; multiple seniority levels from Developer II to Lead.
Java, Spring Boot, EJB, REST APIs, Git, Jenkins, WebSphere, Maven, SQL, JUnit, Okta, OAuth2
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Lead Software Engineer (Java, Streaming)
United States
$105k-$165k/yr RemoteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in Java and Spring; experience with cloud/deployment models; Kubernetes and Docker; streaming platforms; multi-cloud; strong communication.
Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, Oracle, Storm, Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, Kinesis, Dataflow, Pulsar, Stream Analytics, Cassandra, Zookeeper, Kustomize, OpenSearch, JavaScript, Angular, Python
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Lead Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$128k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Senior-level software engineering lead with strong Java 17+, SpringBoot, cloud (AWS/Azure), microservices, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum experience; ability to mentor and lead teams.
Java, SpringBoot, AWS, Azure, Kafka, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GoCD, Scrum
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Lead Software Engineer
O'Fallon, Missouri, United States
$140k-$231k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lead software development, design scalable services, drive architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute to hiring.
Java, Python, Ruby, Angular, Scala, Cloud Technologies, NoSQL, CI/CD, DevOps, Microservices
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Lead Software Engineer
Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
$146k-$183k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOEAdvanced (10+ years) C/C++ and Linux development; multithreaded software; REST/CGI interfaces; Git/SVN; Agile; Python/Java valued.
C/C++, Linux, GCC, REST, CGI, Git, SVN, Python, Java
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Lead Software Engineer
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States
$143k-$148k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software development in IT; 3+ years marketing data engineering; 3+ years in AdTech; Bachelor’s in CS or related; experience with C# or Java.
Snowflake, C#, Java
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Software Engineer, Lead
Springfield, Virginia, United States
$87k-$198k/yr RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years in software development; Java and JavaScript; Agile methods; TS/SCI with polygraph; Bachelor’s with 15+ years or Master’s with 12+ years; cloud experience.
Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, AWS, Red Hat, Windows Server, Oracle, JMeter, Swagger, Nexus, Apigee, Bash, Curl, XML, JSON, SQL
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Lead Software Engineer (Java/NextJS) - Peer Insights
Irving or Stamford
$116k-$170k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in web app development; strong React, Next.js, Java, TypeScript; UI-focused; secure coding practices; multi-platform design; cloud and containerized pipelines knowledge.
React, Next.js, Java, TypeScript, PL/SQL, ElasticSearch, Valkey
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Software Development Lead with Java
New York, New York, United States
$120k-$203k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years of software development experience in Java; enterprise Java frameworks; SQL databases; cloud platforms; version control.
Java, PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Docker, Kubernetes
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Lead Software Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States
$225k-$255k/yr HybridFull Time
4+ YOE4+ years backend software engineering; lead role experience; cloud (AWS); proficient in Java, Python, Node.js; CI/CD; containerization; API design; mentoring.
AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus, Java, Python, Node.js
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Work location mix in visible results
Onsite: 67Hybrid: 40Remote: 11