Sr/Lead Java Engineer

We’re Hiring: Sr / Lead Java Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL (5 Days Onsite)
Candidates: Local / Nearby candidates preferred
Employment Type: W2

Hourly Payrate: $70 - $80

We are looking for a Senior / Lead Java Engineer who can drive development end-to-end, lead the team, and mentor junior developers while remaining hands-on with coding and architecture. This role will involve 60–70% development and 30–40% team leadership activities.

Primary Skills:
Java Development
Spring / Microservices Architecture
Strong experience with API development and integrations
Kafka
AWS Cloud
End-to-End CI/CD experience
Docker & Kubernetes (hands-on with containerized applications)
Jenkins experience is a plus

Nice to Have:
Frontend exposure (plus, not mandatory)
Java modernization experience
Payments / Financial applications experience (highly preferred)
DevOps mindset / experience

Role Highlights:
Lead and guide the engineering team
Mentor junior developers
Drive end-to-end delivery of microservices-based applications
Work on high-scale payment systems processing $6–8 trillion daily

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