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
Job source
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
About the company
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