AWS Technical Lead, Senior Java/Angular Developer

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. Lead and mentor a small, distributed Agile development team while remaining hands-on with architecture, design, development, code reviews, and troubleshooting .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • United StatesSenior💰 $147,050 - $198,950 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading Agile development teams while providing hands-on technical leadership in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS architecture. Proficient in translating user requirements into technical solutions and ensuring application performance, security, and scalability.

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AWS Certified Developer - AssociateJava DevelopmentSpring Boot DevelopmentMicroservices ArchitectureTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

JavaSpring BootAngularREST APIsPostgreSQLOracleDockerTerraform/OpenTofuCI/CD PipelinesAutomated Testing

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingTroubleshootingCommunicationMentoringTeam Leadership

Tools & Technologies

AWSECSCloudWatchOpenTelemetryPrometheusGitGitLab CI/CDLinuxJUnitSonarQube

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer - AssociateAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Industry Keywords

Agile DevelopmentCloud SecurityScalabilityObservabilityDevSecOps

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSCloudDockerHibernateJavaJUnitLinuxMicroservicesOraclePostgresPrometheusRayShell ScriptingSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQLTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor a small, distributed Agile development team while remaining hands-on with architecture, design, development, code reviews, and troubleshooting
Serve as a key technical point of contact between the development team, program leadership, and customer
Translate customer and user requirements into technical specifications, architectural approaches, and implementation plans
Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, REST APIs, and relational databases
Provide technical leadership for AWS-deployed applications across architecture, containers, networking, security, databases, observability, scalability, and resiliency
Build, deploy, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Amazon ECS
Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu and automated CI/CD pipelines
Design and maintain relational data solutions using PostgreSQL and/or Oracle with Hibernate/JPA and MyBatis
Apply microservices, asynchronous processing, caching, automated testing, and secure software development patterns
Support observability and production troubleshooting using OpenTelemetry, AWS X-Ray, Prometheus, and CloudWatch
Improve application performance, security, maintainability, and architecture
Support workload and capacity planning, technical mentoring, performance feedback, and professional development

Requirements

What you’ll need

Current AWS Certified Developer - Associate, Solutions Architect - Associate, or higher-level AWS certification
8+ years of professional software development experience
2+ years of technical leadership experience
Strong hands-on Java and Spring/Spring Boot development experience
Experience with Angular/TypeScript; Angular 17+ preferred
Experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservice-based applications
4+ years of hands-on AWS experience with production workloads
Strong understanding of AWS architecture and services including ECS/ECR, VPC/networking, IAM, load balancing, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, and Secrets Management
Understanding of cloud security, scalability, resiliency, high availability, and observability
Experience with Docker, Terraform/OpenTofu, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with PostgreSQL and/or Oracle, SQL, Hibernate/JPA, or MyBatis
Experience with automated testing, code quality, security scanning, and DevSecOps
Experience with application monitoring, logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
Ability to lead and mentor a geographically distributed, 100% remote development team
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills across application, container, database, networking, and AWS infrastructure layers
Ability to translate business and user requirements into technical solutions
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with people-management or team-lead responsibilities
Ability to prioritize work, identify technical risks, and drive engineering best practices
U.S. citizenship required
Ability to work East Coast hours
Preferred: GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runner, Linux, shell scripting, JUnit, SonarQube, Playwright, Karma, enterprise authentication/SSO or DSSO, Section 508 accessibility, AI integration, and event-driven/serverless AWS architectures

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions and company match
Full flex work weeks where possible
Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
Short- and long-term disability benefits
Life insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Personal accident insurance
Critical illness insurance
Business travel and accident insurance
Remote work
Professional development opportunities