Java Microservices Architect/Manager in Dallas, TX |Houston, TX | NYC, NY| Chicago, IL, Boston, MA (Hybrid role)

Candidates must be hands-on and have the ability to be client facing and manage stake holders.

• Java Microservices Engineering & Architecture Deep hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, distributed systems, microservices design, architecture trade-offs, NFRs, and enterprise-scale solution design.

• Cloud-Native Platform Delivery Strong AWS experience with Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Kafka/event-driven architecture, secure integrations, CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, and production readiness.

• Technical Leadership & Client Consulting Proven ability to lead distributed engineering teams, mentor developers, manage delivery risks, communicate with client stakeholders, estimate work, and drive modernization outcomes.

• Will any specific project or industry experience be required?

Travel & Hospitality exposure would be preferred.

Core Engineering: Strong hands-on expertise in modern Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, microservices, REST APIs, JPA/Hibernate, Maven or Gradle, distributed systems, concurrency, and design patterns.

Architecture: Proven ownership of enterprise-scale system and solution design, API and integration design, NFRs, technical documentation, architecture trade-offs, and modernization planning.

Cloud & Platform: Hands-on AWS experience across compute, storage, IAM, monitoring, databases, messaging, and container platforms; Docker and Kubernetes, preferably Amazon EKS.

Messaging & Integration: Apache Kafka and event-driven architecture; secure service integration patterns. IBM MQ or MuleSoft experience is beneficial.

DevOps & SCM: Jenkins CI/CD, GitHub, branching and pull request workflows, build and release automation, containers, and infrastructure-as-code awareness.

Quality & Security: Automated testing, code reviews, SonarQube, static analysis, secure coding, quality gates, performance considerations, and production readiness.

Observability: Dynatrace or comparable APM experience, including telemetry, dashboards, diagnostics, actionable alerting, and incident analysis.

Leadership & Consulting: Demonstrated client-facing technical leadership, solutioning, estimation, risk management, mentoring, and communication across distributed teams