Lead Java Engineer

We’re Looking For a Lead Software Engineer

Our Team is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Lead Software Engineer to lead the development and enhancement of a key management system. This system is built using Java 21, employs a hexagonal architecture, and integrates multiple microservices. The role demands technical expertise in modern programming languages, frameworks, and best practices to ensure secure, efficient, and scalable software delivery.

As a senior contributor and mentor, the Lead Software Engineer will oversee code quality, enforce development standards, and guide a team of engineers in applying cutting-edge solutions. The candidate must be well-versed in REST interfaces, Kafka messaging. Knowledge of cryptographic operations and previous experience with Hardware Security Modules. The system uses Postgres as its primary database, requiring a good expertise in database management and optimization.

At InRhythm, you will…

• Lead, design, develop and test Web and Cloud-native applications and work with fellow Software Engineers and Product Managers to navigate the discussion and strategy in architecting web and cloud platforms
• Own end-to-end architectural assessments and delivery of our client platforms
• Define, architect and break out epics/features for others, while maintaining a sense of the whole picture
• Work in a cross-functional agile team to deliver working software incrementally
• Help with the growth of the Cloud Practice by collaborating on the interviewing pipeline, hosting tech talks and workshops, identifying industry trends to discuss, and participating in practice activities
• Mentor the less-experienced members of the team, interview potential engineers for your own and other teams, have an opportunity to help influence the direction of the project, and showcase your technical skills and knowledge in company tech talks
• Research and adopt new programming languages, frameworks, and libraries to enhance development speed and security
• Maintain a deep understanding of language-specific coding bugs, smells, and vulnerabilities
• Continuously update code scanning profiles to minimize technical debt and ensure high-quality code.
• Development Practices
• Define, document, and coach the team on best practices for development, including branching strategies, peer reviews, library usage, logging, and error handling
• Champion test-driven development (TDD) to maintain robust and reliable software.
• Enforce coding guidelines and scanning rules across the project to ensure consistency and maintainability.
• Patterns and Frameworks
• Conduct technical reviews of application code and dependencies to identify anti-patterns and drive continuous refactoring
• Promote the use of design patterns and architectural best practices in a microservices environment.
• Technical Leadership
• Design and develop microservices using hexagonal architecture principles
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring secure and efficient communication
• Implement and manage asynchronous messaging systems using Kafka for inter-service communication.
• Database Management
• Ensure secure, reliable, and efficient database interactions
• Oversee schema design, query optimization, and data migration strategies

What You Bring To The Table

• 7+ years of professional experience in microservices-based cloud-native development within an enterprise-level domain
• 3+ years of experience leading teams
• Strong hands-on experience architecting and implementing Java-based applications. Java (21 preferred) features like lambda expressions, Stream API, CompletableFuture, etc.
• Expertise in Spring Boot, Hibernate, and related technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of hexagonal architecture and Experienced with implementing Microservices using Spring Boot, Kafka, Redis
• Experience with Restful APIs
• Strong expertise in Postgres, including schema design, and optimization
• Experience with large scale batch processing
• Experience using container & serverless architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, AWS ECS)
• Proficient with Test Driven and Domain Driven Development (TDD / DDD), including using automated test frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Cypress, WireMock)
• You are an experienced user of one or more Application Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
• Experienced with DevOps – creating CI/CD tools and pipelines. (Jenkins)
• Strong knowledge of GIT as a source control management (SCM) tool.
• Solid verbal and written communication and consultant/client-facing skills are a must. As a true consultant, you are a self-starter who takes initiative.
• Proven leadership and mentoring experience.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Hands-on experience with cryptographic operations and hardware security modules.
• Previous experience with key management systems or similar secure systems.
• Familiarity using Scrum/Agile development methodology
• Self-starter mindset, taking initiative and ownership of a challenge while providing practical and innovative solutions
• Experience speaking to technical and business audiences while working globally
• Inspiring others to follow your lead
• An eagerness to share your knowledge with others
• A desire to continuously learn as you strive to develop and improve as a team
• Strong desire to grow the business of software development by helping to grow the team and be involved in practice leadership