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# Lead Java AWS Developer - 401

- **Company:** DSM
- **Location:** Elmhurst, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Github, Identity and Access Management, NoSQL, Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Spring-boot, Event Driven Architecture, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, AWS Fargate, Cloudwatch, Restful APIs, OpenSearch, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75908751-lead-java-aws-developer-401

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree is a must

 - 10+ years' experience in this capacity with 5+ years in a lead role.

Required Technical Skills

 - Java (latest would be ideal) , Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, AWS (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager), OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Docker, CI/CD, GitHub, Distributed Systems, Cloud Architecture, Observability, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, SQL/NoSQL databases, Event-Driven Architecture, API Integration, Performance Optimization, and AI-assisted Development Tools.

Soft Skills

 - Strong technical leadership, communication, stakeholder management, mentoring and coaching, collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, ownership, conflict resolution, adaptability, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams while driving successful delivery of complex cloud-native solutions.

## Description

Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.

 - Drives architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI/CD, observability and AWS infrastructure.

 - Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions while mentoring engineers, improving development processes, and ensuring successful execution of business objectives.

Typical task breakdown:

 - Leads software engineers in delivering business-critical applications.

 - Establishes technical direction and architectural standards.

 - Drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.

 - Ensures solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability.

 - Promotes DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.

 - Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Interaction with team:

 - Mentors' engineers and develop technical talent.

 - Partners with Product Owners, Architects, and stakeholders to align technology investments with business goals.

Work environment:

Chicago office but the role can be 100% remote but there will be travel involved when needed so we want local candidates.