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# Lead Backend Software Engineer (Java + AWS + Spring Boot)

- **Company:** Purplejack Technologies Llc
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, MongoDB, NoSQL, Swagger, SQL Databases, Openapi, Spring-boot, Event Driven Architecture, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/4c5ce6f5-a9d2-4eed-bb1a-38b8dfe2eb47

## About the Role

Java (12+ Years)
AWS Cloud
Spring Boot
Microservices Architecture
REST APIs & Swagger/OpenAPI
SQL & NoSQL Databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra)
Kafka / Event-Driven Architecture
CI/CD Pipelines
Production Support & Observability
Distributed Systems



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