Prairie Consulting Services
Technical Lead
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This role is for a Technical Lead in AI Modernization, focusing on backend engineering with Java 17, Spring Boot, and event-driven systems. It’s a 6-month contract-to-hire, remote, with a pay rate of $100-120/hr. U.S. citizenship may be required.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
April 18, 2026
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Remote
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Chicago, IL
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Kubernetes #Java #Migration #Scala #GIT #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #REST services #REST (Representational State Transfer) #Azure #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Docker #Spring Boot #BitBucket #Azure cloud #Redis #MySQL #Cloud
Role description
Technical Lead - AI Modernization - Senior Server-Side Java Engineer (Event-Driven Systems) | Contract-to-Hire | Remote U.S.
We are hiring for a high-level backend Technical Lead to help modernize and scale a mission-critical public safety alerting platform delivering billions of messages annually across SMS, voice, push, and email.
Technical Lead is not UI-heavy but rather this is deep backend engineering in distributed, high-volume systems.
6-month initial contract - Strong preference for contract-to-hire
Remote (U.S.-based)
Rate based on experience 100-120/hr??
Some environments require U.S. citizenship + ability to pass FBI/secure background checks
Technical Lead - Technical Environment
• AI Modernization
• Java 17
• Spring / Spring Boot / REST services
• Event-driven architecture (moving away from polling patterns)
• JSP, Vue.js (light front-end exposure, backend focus)
• MySQL, Redis
• AWS and Azure cloud environments
• CI/CD: Git, Bitbucket, Gradle
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
Technical Lead - What You’ll Be Doing
• Designing and optimizing high-throughput backend services
• Driving legacy modernization and tech debt reduction
• Improving performance and scalability of distributed systems
• Supporting cloud migration initiatives
• Building event-driven workflows for large-scale alerting
• Leveraging AI development tools to improve productivity and data throughput
Technical Lead - Highly Valued Domain Experience
• Messaging platforms (SMS, voice, push, email)
• High-volume alerting systems
• Telephony systems
• Geospatial technologies (Esri, GeoServer)
• Public safety / 911 / emergency communications
• Investigation or case workflow systems
Technical Lead - Ideal Profile
• Senior-level backend engineer (systems thinker)
• Strong in performance tuning and distributed architecture
• Comfortable in cloud-native environments
• Uses AI tools strategically for engineering acceleration
• Not a serial short-term contractor — looking for someone who is enthusiastic in driving solutions in modernization to build impact
The hiring leader wants a top-tier Technical Lead who can elevate the current architecture. This is a high-visibility opportunity inside a platform that supports municipalities, higher education institutions (80–90% penetration), and secure federal cloud environments.
Technical Lead - AI Modernization - Senior Server-Side Java Engineer (Event-Driven Systems) | Contract-to-Hire | Remote U.S.
We are hiring for a high-level backend Technical Lead to help modernize and scale a mission-critical public safety alerting platform delivering billions of messages annually across SMS, voice, push, and email.
Technical Lead is not UI-heavy but rather this is deep backend engineering in distributed, high-volume systems.
6-month initial contract - Strong preference for contract-to-hire
Remote (U.S.-based)
Rate based on experience 100-120/hr??
Some environments require U.S. citizenship + ability to pass FBI/secure background checks
Technical Lead - Technical Environment
• AI Modernization
• Java 17
• Spring / Spring Boot / REST services
• Event-driven architecture (moving away from polling patterns)
• JSP, Vue.js (light front-end exposure, backend focus)
• MySQL, Redis
• AWS and Azure cloud environments
• CI/CD: Git, Bitbucket, Gradle
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
Technical Lead - What You’ll Be Doing
• Designing and optimizing high-throughput backend services
• Driving legacy modernization and tech debt reduction
• Improving performance and scalability of distributed systems
• Supporting cloud migration initiatives
• Building event-driven workflows for large-scale alerting
• Leveraging AI development tools to improve productivity and data throughput
Technical Lead - Highly Valued Domain Experience
• Messaging platforms (SMS, voice, push, email)
• High-volume alerting systems
• Telephony systems
• Geospatial technologies (Esri, GeoServer)
• Public safety / 911 / emergency communications
• Investigation or case workflow systems
Technical Lead - Ideal Profile
• Senior-level backend engineer (systems thinker)
• Strong in performance tuning and distributed architecture
• Comfortable in cloud-native environments
• Uses AI tools strategically for engineering acceleration
• Not a serial short-term contractor — looking for someone who is enthusiastic in driving solutions in modernization to build impact
The hiring leader wants a top-tier Technical Lead who can elevate the current architecture. This is a high-visibility opportunity inside a platform that supports municipalities, higher education institutions (80–90% penetration), and secure federal cloud environments.
