Lead Developer - Java, Spring, AWS, CI/CD

Technical Lead - Java, Spring, AWS, CI/CD 12 Months Contract Hybrid in Burbank CA (3 days onsite in a week) Summary As the Engineering Lead, you are the most senior engineer embedded in the pod. You own the technical execution, uphold engineering excellence, and guide the pod in building scalable, resilient, and maintainable solutions. You partner closely with the Technical Product Owner (TPO) and work alongside product, data, and platform teams to ensure delivery is not just timely - but aligned to our architecture standards, platform ecosystem, and long-term business goals. This is a hands-on leadership role - you’ll code, review, mentor, and architect, while fostering a culture of curiosity, craftsmanship, and continuous learning. Responsibilities • Architect and evolve the POD’s technical solution. • Define and evolve architecture aligned to our organization’s platform and enterprise patterns, emphasizing modularity, composability, and scalability. • Design and implement service boundaries, integration strategies, and APIs leveraging modern architectural approaches (e.g., event-driven, microservices, serverless) • Collaborate with platform, data, and architecture teams to define consistent patterns for application layering, schema alignment, and observability. • Balance pragmatic delivery with a vision for long-term extensibility - minimizing rework while avoiding premature complexity. • Drive Engineering excellence - lead coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing practices (unit, integration, and E2E) • Guide adoption of best-in-class CI/CD workflows, observability, and infrastructure as code. • Champion performance, security, and operational readiness in every stage of the software development lifecycle. • Mentor and empower the Engineering team - serve as a player-coach - modeling strong engineering practices, pair programming, and problem solving in real-time. • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow in system thinking, modern development, and technical decision-making. • Encourage a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and experimentation. • Ensure quality, performance, and reliability - define and enforce non-functional requirements (e.g., latency, error budgets, fault tolerance) • Surface technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies - whether performance bottlenecks, integration gaps, or legacy constraints. • Embed testing, monitoring, and alerting into the development process to enable operational visibility and runtime stability. • Partner across Product and Platform - work with the TPO to shape a balanced backlog that delivers user value while addressing technical debt and foundational needs. • Coordinate with platform and DevOps teams to align on shared services, environments, and deployment pipelines. • Support technical spikes, proof-of-concepts, and rapid prototyping that accelerate product discovery and de-risk delivery. Qualifications • 8+ years in full-stack development: building distributed systems with strong proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, Angular (or React/Vue) • DevOps fluency - 8+ years of experience and proven track record designing and delivering AWS-native architectures (Lambda, API Gateway/AppSync, Step Functions, EventBridge, DynamoDB/RDS, S3) • 8+ years of CI/CD fluency: hands-on with CI/CD pipelines; GitHub Actions or AWS CodePipeline, Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation/CDK/Terraform), and automated testing frameworks; help the team maintain stability, automate deployments, and manage the integrity of development across environments (Dev, QA, Prod) Soft Skills • Lead from within - hands-on, guiding the team not just through words but through code, collaboration, and curiosity. • Build with purpose - you care not only about the “how” but also the “why.” • Optimize for outcomes, not just output. • Navigate complexity pragmatically - know when to deliver fast and when to invest in foundational work; manage trade-offs with clarity and intention. • Uphold a systemic view - think beyond features and look at performance, observability, integration integrity, and long-term maintainability. • Coach, don’t command - elevate those around you by teaching, unblocking, and modeling - not micromanaging or gatekeeping. • Promote adaptability - know agility is more than ceremonies - it’s about evolving continuously as a team, iterating with purpose, and learning from feedback. • Platform and integration alignment - experience building applications that conform to enterprise patterns, used shared services and governed schemas, and participated in data integration and stewardship efforts alongside data engineers and architects. • Product-oriented Engineering - prioritize outcomes over output, advocate for customer-centric design, and support experimentation through rapid prototyping and iterative delivery. • Good communication and provide leadership clarity - bridge the technical and non-technical - clearly articulating trade-offs, progress, and risks to cross-functional partners and stakeholders. • Bias for action - be solution-oriented, unblock yourself and others, and take initiative even in ambiguity. You keep momentum moving. Technology Requirements • Full-stack depth and breadth - experience building distributed systems with strong proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, Angular (or React/Vue), and AWS-native architectures (e.g., Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge, AppSync, DynamoDB) • DevOps and automation expertise - experience having led teams through CI/CD transformations, working with tools like GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or Terraform/CDK, and helped establish reliable, repeatable release pipelines. Education N/A The estimated pay range for this position is USD $80.00/hr - USD $87.00/hr. Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location. We also offer comprehensive benefits. The Talent Acquisition Partner can share more details about compensation or benefits for the role during the interview process.