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Lead Java Developer Jobs in Lakewood, CO, US
39 lead java developer jobs from 30 companies hiring in Lakewood, CO, 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
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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Software Engineer Lead
Denver or Lakewood
$63k-$159k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOELead software engineer with design, development, and mentorship; strong SDLC, collaboration, and technical guidance.
Java, C#, .NET, SQL, REST, CI/CD, AWS
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Software Engineer Lead
Denver, Colorado, United States
$130k-$170k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE1+ MgmtLead software engineer with 6-8 years experience, BS degree, expert in Java, AWS, REST APIs, React, SQL, CI/CD, DevOps, and strong leadership.
Java, JAX-RS, Hibernate/JPA, AWS, Lambda, IAM, Cognito, SQS, Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, CloudWatch, RESTful APIs, React, Terraform, GitHub Actions, DataDog
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Lead Software Engineer
Peoria or Chicago or Westminster
$128k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Professional software engineer with Next.js, React, TypeScript, Java Spring Boot, cloud, CI/CD, and leadership experience.
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GraphQL
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Senior Lead Software Engineer
Lakewood, Colorado, United States
$95k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOELead software engineering with 10+ years of experience, strong design, mentoring, and expertise in PHP, JavaScript/NodeJS, AWS, MySQL, Java/Kotlin, Objective-C/Swift, Docker, Apache, OpenAPI, and Harness.
PHP, JavaScript, AWS, MySQL, Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, Swift, Docker, Apache, OpenAPI, Harness
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Software Engineer Lead
Herndon or Aurora
$135k-$216k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; minimum 12 years of experience; TS/SCI with clearance eligibility; proficiency in Java, C++, Python; Jira and Confluence experience; leadership of technical teams; experience with DevSecOps, cloud, and distributed systems.
Java, C++, Python, Jira, Confluence, DevSecOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud architectures (AWS, Azure)
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Lead Full Stack Software Engineer
Golden or Carmel
$154k-$205k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE1+ Mgmt10+ years software development with 1-2 years leadership; expert in Java, React; Golang helpful; AWS cloud experience; strong architecture and CI/CD knowledge.
Java, React, Golang, AWS, CI/CD, Agile, Git
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Lead Software Engineer - Order Orchestration
Denver, Colorado, United States
$110k-$157k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS or related field; 8+ years in enterprise Java solutions; 5+ years Microservices; strong Java tech, real-time streaming, distributed systems, cloud platforms; AI/production experience.
Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Kafka, AWS, OCI, Azure, Databases (relational and NoSQL), CI/CD, AI model training and monitoring
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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
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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 Test Automation Engineer – Secret Clearance Required
Littleton, Colorado, United States
$105k-$140k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEActive Secret clearance, 10+ years QA/test automation, Java, CS/Software Eng degree, Jira, Agile leadership, CI/CD, automated testing.
Java, Jira, GitLab CI/CD, CI/CD, Automation Testing
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Lead DevOps Engineer
Chicago or Coppell or Minneapolis or Tampa or Denver or Houston or Indianapolis or Kennesaw
$116k-$204k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years experience in DevOps/SRE with cloud infra, IaC, CI/CD; strong Python/.NET/Java background; leadership experience.
Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Azure, AWS, Git, CloudFormation, PowerShell, Bash, AKS, EKS, Docker
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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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Technical Lead, Software Development (IT)
Denver, Colorado, United States
$98k-$155k/yr RemoteFull Time
Technical lead with public cloud (GCP) experience, Angular/Java, SQL/NoSQL, Agile, DevOps, and mentorship responsibilities.
GCP, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud SQL, Terraform, Helm, Angular, Java, SQL, NoSQL, Android, iOS, CI/CD, DevOps, Cloud Storage, Cloud Pub/Sub, REST APIs, Microservices
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Software Test Lead
Arlington or San Diego or Woburn or Denver
$157k-$224k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOEBS CS/IT or related; 7+ years testing; test lead experience; automation; DevSecOps; Python, Kafka, REST; GitLab CI/CD; Kubernetes; Docker; Java; pytest/JUnit; Selenium/Playwright.
Python, Kafka, REST, GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, ELK stack, Docker, Java, pytest, JUnit, Selenium, Playwright
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Product Line Development Lead Level 5
Aurora, Colorado, United States
$177k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science with 10+ years (Bachelor’s with 12+ years) of relevant experience; active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; experience leading software development teams; strong Java/Python coding; containerization with Kubernetes; cross-functional communication.
Java, Python, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, MySQL, Linux, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket
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Senior Software Engineer
Denver, Colorado, United States
$104k-$164k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOESenior software engineer with 7+ years in Java and/or C/C++, or 5+ years with advanced degree; experience leading software subsystems in regulated environments.
Java, C/C++, SQL, Embedded Systems, Unit Testing, IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1
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Data Engineer - Lead
Centennial, Colorado, United States
$150k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in data engineering; ETL experience; data ontologies; scripting; data cataloging tools; strong communication; TS/SCI clearance
DataHub, OpenMetadata, Kibana, Grafana, Protege, Neo4j, Confluence, Jira, Python, Java, SQL, Bash, MATLAB, Excel, RESTful API, Kafka, SFTP, JMS, Data Modeling
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Senior Data Engineer
Denver or New York City or San Francisco
$100k-$115k/yr RemoteFull Time
3+ YOE3–5+ years of OO development (TypeScript/Java/C#/Java) with Python for data tasks; strong SQL/PostgreSQL; cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP); CI/CD; data architectures; experience with financial market data; Agile tools (Jira); Git/GitHub; ability to lead features from planning to deployment.
TypeScript, Java, CSharp, Python, PostgreSQL, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, Git, GitHub, Jira, Kafka, WebSockets, Medallion Architecture
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Senior Software Engineer - Fusion
Denver, Colorado, United States
$128k-$152k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEMinimum 8 years of software development experience; BS in Computer Science; experience leading teams; AGILE/SCRUM; strong Java; containerization; AWS; REST/SOAP; SQL; Linux/UNIX; code management (SVN, GIT).
Java, AWS, REST, SOAP, SQL, Linux/UNIX, SVN, GIT, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Hudson, Bamboo, Claude Code, Angular, GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker
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Senior Software Algorithm Engineer
Aurora or Philadelphia
$82k-$172k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBS in STEM fields; 5+ years software development; lead interdisciplinary team; TS/SCI clearance; Python/C/C++, Java, or Rust; domains SDA/SATCOM/SIGINT; willing to polygraph.
Python, C/C++, Java, Rust, Linux, AWS, CUDA, OpenCV, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, S3, EC2, Lambda
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Staff Engineer, Core Services Platform
San Francisco or Denver
$225k-$278k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years backend engineering; tech lead experience; distributed systems design; proficient in Ruby/Scala/Go/Java; AWS; Kafka/Kubernetes; MySQL/Redis/Cassandra.
Ruby, Scala, Go, Java, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra
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Workday Extend Lead
Denver or Remote
$118k-$196k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEFive years Workday implementation (minimum) or three years with Master’s; Workday Extend certification; five years in integration development; up to 25% travel.
Workday Extend, EDI, Web Services, XML, XSLT, Java, .Net, Middleware
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Software Development Manager - Clearing or Banking
Edison or San Diego or Irvine or Las Vegas or Centennial or Overland Park or Omaha or Edison
$150k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ Mgmt10+ years software development and 10+ years leading teams; experience with .NET, C#, Java, Angular/React; clearing experience; distributed teams; strong communication.
NET, C#, Java, JavaScript, MVC, Angular, TypeScript, jQuery, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Swagger, AWS, Microservices
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Senior. Principal Platform IAC Engineer
Aurora, Colorado, United States
$132k-$252k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOELeads a small technical team; maintains Infrastructure as Code; Linux, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform experience; TS/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship.
LDAP, RHEL, Tenable, Consul, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Postgres, Jenkins, Git, Cucumber, Eclipse, Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, Go, Artifactory, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, MBSE
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Director, Development
Denver, Colorado, United States
$155k-$200k/yr HybridFull Time
Lead development strategy for enterprise products; strong engineering leadership; experience with distributed systems; mentor teams; collaborate with product management and sales.
Java, Spring, React, NoSQL, SQL, SaaS, Agile, Distributed Systems
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Manager, Software Engineering (Loveland, CO, US, 80538)
Loveland, Colorado, United States
$207k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE4+ MgmtLead a software engineering team; build cloud-native data services; mentor engineers; drive Agile practices.
TypeScript, Python, REST APIs, Java, DOTNET, JavaScript, NodeJS, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Director of Engineering
Denver, Colorado, United States
$165k-$185k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEExperience leading software teams in Agile, regulated environments (PCI DSS/SOC 2), ownership of outcomes, AI-powered development, strong people leadership.
Java, Spring Boot, Python, FastAPI, Ember.js, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, Jenkins, Ansible
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Sr Mgr, Software Engineering
Denver or Seattle
$160k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
7+ YOE5+ Mgmt7+ years software development; 5+ years engineering management; experience leading globally distributed teams; cloud-native systems; billing/payments domain; strong cross-functional communication; Agile practices.
Zuora, Java, Go, Python, Kubernetes, Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana
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39
Hiring companies
30
Fresh sample
56% new in 30d
Salary visibility
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Companies appearing in this market
TransamericaNorthrop GrummanAllegionPNC Financial ServicesResource InnovationsSherpa 6Altamira TechnologiesAxos Financial
Work location mix in visible results
Onsite: 20Remote: 10Hybrid: 9