AI Architect & Backend Development Lead

VDart, Inc.
Atlanta, GA, United States
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Audit Trail Encodings Continuous Integration Data Security Github Identity and Access Management PostgreSQL
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MongoDB MySQL OAuth OpenID Oracle (Applications) Open Web Application Security Query Optimization Release Management Azure Machine Learning Search Technologies Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Software Engineering Large Language Models Spring-boot IT Architecture Software Security Indexer Backend Data Layers Event Driven Architecture Amazon Relational Database Service Apache Kafka Functional Programming Api Design Cloudwatch Api Gateway Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Software Version Control Api Management Microservices

Job description

  • Define and own backend architecture, service boundaries, API contracts, and data models across case, financial, scheduling, and document modules on AWS.
  • Architect AI capabilities on Amazon Bedrock: RAG over case documents and statutes using OpenSearch vector search, prompt governance, Bedrock Guardrails, evaluation, and human-in-the-loop review.
  • Lead, mentor, and code-review the backend team in GitHub; set coding standards, branching strategy, PR workflow, and definition of done.
  • Design Java/Spring Boot API microservices and the data layer across Amazon RDS, MongoDB, and OpenSearch, choosing the right store for each workload.
  • Architect role-based access, case sealing, PII protection, and full audit trails to meet judicial data security and CJIS-aligned requirements.
  • Own CI/CD with GitHub Actions and AWS deployment patterns (ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway); drive performance, observability, and cost control.
  • Translate court business rules into technical designs; estimate work and contribute to sprint and release planning.

Requirements

  • 18+ years of backend application development, including 10+ years as a technical lead or architect.
  • Expert hands-on Java (Spring Boot) application development, building API-based microservices in production.
  • Strong data experience with Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle), MongoDB, and OpenSearch: modeling, query tuning, and indexing.
  • 2+ years designing GenAI solutions on AWS (Amazon Bedrock, RAG, embeddings, vector search, guardrails, evaluation).
  • Deep AWS experience: ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, S3, IAM, KMS, Cognito, CloudWatch; GitHub and GitHub Actions for source control and CI/CD.
  • Strong application security (OAuth2/OIDC, encryption, OWASP Top 10, audit logging) and proven Agile team leadership., * Court, justice, or public-sector case management experience.
  • Event-driven architecture (Amazon MSK/Kafka, EventBridge) and workflow engines (Step Functions).
  • Payment processing and financial reconciliation systems.
  • AWS Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Machine Learning / GenAI certification.

Key Skills: AI Architecture, AWS, Bedrock, RAG, LLM, Java, Springboot, Microservices, Embedding, EKS

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