📣 HiringCafe is hiring a Founding Growth Hacker! Learn More · Apply here
Lead Java Developer Jobs in Aurora, IL, US
110+ lead java developer jobs from 42 companies hiring in Aurora, IL, US.
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
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
2w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
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
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Software Engineer - Java, Kafka and AWS
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$133k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering experience; strong Java, Kafka, and AWS; cloud-native development; design patterns; experience with microservices and databases.
Java, Kafka, AWS, Cloud, Microservices, Oracle, Cassandra, Hive, Design Patterns
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Technical Software Engineering Lead - Java
Chicago or Hartford or Charlotte or Columbus
$116k-$189k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOELead engineering teams to deliver Java/J2EE applications, cloud native architectures, and AWS-based solutions; strong design, DevOps, and security practices; 5+ years of Java experience; hybrid work schedule.
Java, J2EE, Springboot, Apache Camel, AWS, CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, Python, Lambda, Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, SonarQube, Copilot
2mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS, React.js, Kafka
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$133k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; Java, React; AWS; Kafka; CI/CD; agile; scalable cloud-native apps.
Java, Spring Boot, React, Kafka, AWS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Docker
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Software Engineer (Java, AWS)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$179k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOEBachelor's degree; 4+ years software engineering; 1+ year cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Java, AWS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, RDBMS, NoSQL, Open Source
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
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
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Software Development Team Lead - Java
Waukegan or Glenview
$121k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOE2+ MgmtLead a team of 3-5 developers; 2+ years people management; strong in Java, Angular or JavaScript; full project lifecycle experience; Bachelor's degree in IT/CS required; on-site role.
Java, Angular, JavaScript, Agile
3w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Mobile Application Developer
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
$154k-$190k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE5 years of Android experience; strong Java/Kotlin, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, REST API, SQL; experience with testing, debugging, and architectural design.
Android, Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Firebase Crashlytics, REST API, SQL, CircleCI, MQTT, Bluetooth, ADB, Test harnesses
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
AI Engineer Lead
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$152k-$222k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOEMinimum 5 years Python development; 3+ years AI project experience focusing on productizing AI/ML solutions; strong ML fundamentals; GenAI with RAG, vector stores, agentic frameworks; data-driven; strong communication; hands-on AI/ML experimentation.
Python, APIs, Pipelines, AI orchestration, Java, React, LLM, GenAI, RAG, vector stores, SQL, SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Datadog, GitHub Copilot
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Software Engineer - Enterprise Applications
Lisle, Illinois, United States
$138k-$206k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE1+ MgmtSenior software engineer with 5+ years' experience; 1+ year of leadership; skilled in .NET/C# or Java, APIs, cloud, DevSecOps, and Agile.
.NET, Java, ASP.NET Core, Spring, Azure, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, DevSecOps, SQL
4w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Software Engineer - Enterprise Applications
Lisle, Illinois, United States
$138k-$206k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor's degree +5 years or Master's +3 years in software engineering; 1+ years of lead experience; or 8+ years with lead experience.
C#, ASP.NET Core, Java, Spring, .NET, Azure, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, DevSecOps, REST, APIs, SQL, Data Modeling, Agile, Scrum
3w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Technology Lead - US
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$76k-$99k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOEBachelor's degree or foreign equivalent; 4+ years IT experience; located near Chicago, IL or willing to relocate; US work authorization without visa sponsorship; strong Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, Azure, APIs; Scrum experience; full-stack development with ReactJS; able to design, develop, test, and deploy software.
Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, Azure, ReactJS, APIs, PCF
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Applications Developer
Atlanta or Charlotte or Chicago or Cincinnati or Cleveland or Nashville or Denver or Belmont or United States
RemoteFull Time
3+ YOE3–5+ years with Stibo STEP, STEP data modeling, API integration, Java/JavaScript/SQL, data governance, platform operations, leadership.
Stibo STEP, Java, JavaScript, SQL, REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, ETL, Azure
4w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Data Engineer Lead - Contract
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
$99k-$192k/yr RemoteContract
7+ YOE3+ MgmtLead data engineering teams; 7+ yrs data engineering; 3+ yrs leading teams; BS in Information Technology; Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, Databricks, Spark, Synapse, SQL Server; scripting (PowerShell, Python, Scala, Java, XML); Data Lake/ETL; CI/CD; agile; strong communication.
Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen 2, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Databricks, Apache Spark, Scala, Synapse, SQL Server, PowerShell, Python, Java, XML, Data Lake, Azure Data Lake Storage, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Product Software Engineer - AI
Coppell or Riverwoods or Kennesaw or Chicago or Austin or Wichita
$116k-$204k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS, 5+ years software development, 1+ year AI/LLM, full-stack, Agile/XP, GenAI tools.
Python, Java, C++, LLMs, NLP, GitHub Copilot, LangChain, Langgraph, Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs, vector databases, embeddings, MLOps, Azure AI, TDD/BDD
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Android Applications Developer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$76k-$85k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Develop and maintain Android applications; lead development; strong Java/Kotlin; Android Studio; REST/Networking; cross-functional collaboration.
Android Studio, Android SDK, Java, Kotlin, C, C++, Git, JIRA, Agile, Kanban, REST, TCP/IP, SIP, RTP, HTTP, UDP
2w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Senior Lead Full Stack Developer
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$115k-$195k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years in enterprise software; Java/Spring Boot; Kafka; Azure Cosmos DB; Azure AKS; REST APIs; cloud-native/docker.
Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Kubernetes Service, AKS, REST APIs, Snowflake, Databricks
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Gravitee Developer/Lead - Senior Software Engineer (Chicago, IL, US)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$73k-$174k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in API/cloud/integration engineering; strong AWS API Gateway and Gravitee; Kubernetes; Terraform; Java/JavaScript/Python/.NET; Cloud Run/Functions; Docker.
AWS API Gateway, Gravitee API Management, GCP Cloud Run, GCP Cloud Functions, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Java, JavaScript, Python, NET, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Data Engineer – Financial Data, Compliance & Business Intelligence
Chicago or Washington or Sarasota or Hartford or Costa Mesa or San Jose or Atlanta or Boston or Cleveland or Columbus or Dallas or Fort Lauderdale or Fort Wayne or Grand Rapids or Indianapolis or Los Angeles or Miami or New York City or Oak Brook Terrace or Sacramento or San Francisco or South Bend or Tampa or Houston or Austin
$111k-$226k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years ETL development; experience with Bank Secrecy Act/AML regulations; consulting experience; strong ETL/EDW skills; Python/Java; cloud data warehousing (Azure/AWS/Snowflake); excellent communication and teamwork.
ETL tools, Python, Java, Azure, AWS, Snowflake
2w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Sr Technical Lead - IT
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$112k-$147k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOESenior technical lead with AWS expertise, 3+ years of software development, Java/Spring Boot, AWS CDK, CI/CD, and leadership experience.
Java, Spring Boot, AWS, AWS CDK, EKS, ECS, Kubernetes, Route 53, Redis, S3, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, GitHub Actions, Backstage
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Team Lead - Software Engineer - Unified Configuration
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$180k-$243k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE2+ Mgmt2+ years managing engineering teams; 7+ years software/infra/data; English proficiency.
Java, Distributed Systems
3w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
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
2mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead AI Engineer - Search & AI Components
Seattle or Chicago
$173k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor’s or Master’s in CS/AI/IT; 8+ years as a full-stack software engineer; strong embedding models, LLM grounding, and agentic AI skills; experience with NoSQL/Graph and vector databases; proficient in Python/Java; CI/CD; Salesforce ecosystem familiarity.
Python, Java, NoSQL databases, Graph databases, Vector databases, Neo4j, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Milvus, Pinecone, Git, CI/CD
3w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Senior Technical Lead/Software Engineer IV (CHICAGO, IL, US, 60654-4203)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$146k-$244k/yr HybridFull Time
Experience leading software engineering in hybrid cloud, containerization, DevOps, architecture input, and team leadership.
Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Git, Python, Go, Java, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, APIs, CI/CD
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Tech Lead
Bolingbrook, Illinois, United States
$153k-$154k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor’s in Computer Science or related; 5 years software development experience; leadership in agile environments; Java stack expertise; cloud and microservices experience.
Java, Java/JEE, Maven, Gradle, Spring Boot, Spring, REST, Google Cloud, Kafka, SQS, SNS, Azure Service Bus, MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB, GCP, AWS, Azure, Git, Bitbucket, DynaTrace, NewRelic, JProfiler, Mockito, EasyMock, PowerMock, Swagger, OAS 3.0
2w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Staff Software Development Engineer (myPBM)
Buffalo Grove or Richardson
$118k-$261k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years software development, 2+ years senior/lead, Java/React/Angular/Spring Boot REST/JPA, CI/CD, cloud, Web accessibility, performance.
Java, React, Angular, Spring Boot, REST API, JPA, CI/CD, Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, GCP, AWS, Accessibility, Web Performance
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer
Louisville or Chicago
$129k-$178k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in a technical field; 5+ years IT systems, virtualization and cloud experience; strong Azure, DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform; good communication; remote work with travel.
Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, Kubernetes, GitHub, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Databricks, Docker, Python, Shell, PowerShell, Java
2mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Senior Full Stack Developer
Oak Brook or Indianapolis or Chicago or Rosemont
$75k-$150k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years application development; 1+ year leading development projects; experience with multiple technologies; strong design and consulting skills; bachelor's degree in a related field.
AngularJS, React, .NET MVC, C#, Java, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, SASS, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, MongoDB, Azure, AWS, ADF, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Power BI, Xamarin, Swift, Objective-C, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Gitlab Runners, Azure DevOps, Jira, Cosmos DB, SQL
3w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Staff Software Engineer
Westchester, Illinois, United States
$124k-$155k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOELead full-stack development, design architecture, optimize performance, and guide AI/modern tech usage.
Java, Java EE, Angular, SQL, Guidewire, AI, DevOps
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Senior Product Engineer (Hybrid Chicago)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$115k-$145k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; 2+ years leading small teams; strong Java/JS support; cloud, APIs, databases; hospitality/travel experience preferred.
Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, MyBatis, AngularJS, Node.js, SQL, APIGEE, nginx, Kafka, Karma, Selenium, Protractor, WebDriver, Jasmine, Jenkins, Git, Bash, Maven, Gradle, Webpack, WildFly, Jira, Confluence, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, PL/SQL, RDBMS, Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, REST, API Development, JSON
2w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Engineering Team Lead, Aladdin Engineering - Vice President
New York or Santa Monica or Chicago
$162k-$215k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE5+ MgmtLead IOI/AXE infrastructure for Aladdin; 10+ years software engineering; 5+ years leadership; expert in FIX, IOI/AXE, Java/C++ and distributed systems.
FIX protocol, IOI workflows, Java, C++, Microservices, REST APIs, Distributed systems, OpenTelemetry, Maven, Hibernate, JUnit, Relational databases, NoSQL databases
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Senior Product Engineer (Hybrid Opportunity)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$115k-$145k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering/architecture, 2+ years leading small teams, design/deploy scalable apps, frontend/backend with modern frameworks, Java, JavaScript, REST, cloud, DevOps, CI/CD.
Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, MyBatis, AngularJS, Node.js, SQL, APIGEE, nginx, JSON, Apache Kafka, Karma, Selenium, Protractor, WebDriver, Jasmine, Jenkins, Git, Bash, Maven, Gradle, Webpack, WildFly, Jira, Confluence, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, PL/SQL, RDBMS, data pipelines
4w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Principal Innovation Engineer
Minnetonka or Austin or Chicago or Dallas or Detroit or Atlanta or Houston or Akron or Birmingham or Charlotte or Indianapolis or Pittsburgh or Cincinnati or Cleveland
$102k-$208k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; 10+ years in software engineering and architecture; hands-on end-to-end development; experience with AI-enabled applications and API/integration patterns; ability to lead complex initiatives in fast-paced environment.
Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, APIs, Workflow automation, Cloud platforms, Vertex AI, Gemini
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead API Platform Engineer (P181)
Cincinnati or Chicago
$125k-$207k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in production API gateways; REST/JSON; cloud and networking; Kubernetes/Docker; scripting (Python, Shell, Java, Node.js); DevOps/Agile; Terraform/IaC; on-call support; strong communication.
Kong, Azure, Datadog, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, OAuth2, JWT, SAML, REST, JSON
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Quality Engineer II (Remote)
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
RemoteFull Time
3+ YOE3-5 years in software QA, lead testing, mentoring, strong automation, Selenium/Appium/JUnit/TestNG, SQL, SDLC knowledge.
Selenium, Appium, JUnit, TestNG, SQL, XML, Java, C#, Python, JMeter, LoadRunner, ADO
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
IT Lead Workday Tech DevOps
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$89k-$145k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOESenior IT lead for Workday tech DevOps; 5+ years Workday experience; strong design, development, and governance skills.
Workday Extend, Workday Prism Analytics, Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, XSLT, Java
1w
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Software Development Test (SDET)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$123k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEAgile experience; test automation; Java; SDLC; API and data testing; 3-7+ years; strong automation/framework skills.
Java, Test Automation Tools, Cucumber, API Testing, SQL, IBM DB2, TRINO, Kafka, IBM MQ, AWS S3, Test Management Tools
1mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
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
2mo
Save
Mark Applied
Hide
Senior / Principal SRE Tech Lead
Morrisville or Chicago
$190k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in SRE/Production Engineering or DevOps; BS in CS/Engineering; strong distributed systems, cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP); programming (Python/Go/Java/C++); Linux networking; incident management.
OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Azure, AWS, GCP, Python, Go, Java, C++, Linux, Kubernetes, CI/CD
HiringCafe market data
Lead Java Developer Jobs market signals in Aurora, IL, US
These signals come from live HiringCafe job inventory, not a static article. Use them to compare the market, then open listings above to apply directly.
Open jobs
110+
Hiring companies
42
Fresh sample
47% new in 30d
Salary visibility
93% show pay
Companies appearing in this market
JPMorgan ChaseCapital OneCVS HealthHyattInternational MotorsMotorola SolutionsOptions Clearing CorporationUlta Beauty
Work location mix in visible results
Onsite: 42Hybrid: 23Remote: 11