OverviewWe are seeking a
Principal Java Microservices Architect - AI & Agentic Platforms to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of our core distributed microservices ecosystem.
ResponsibilitiesHands-on and possesses deep expertise in:- Enterprise Java microservices architecture,
- Agentic AI systems & tool-calling backend frameworks,
- AI orchestration frameworks,
- Cloud-native distributed architectures,
- Enterprise automation platforms, and
- High-throughput backend system engineering.
This role requires strong experience with:- Java 17+/21+ and Spring Boot
- Google GCP and AI ecosystem,
- Agent Development Kit (ADK) & Model Context Protocol (MCP),
- Modern AI application microservices architectures.
Qualifications- 12+ years of software engineering experience.
- 7+ years in microservices architecture, system design, or technical leadership roles.
- Strong hands-on development experience with:
- Java (17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactive Java (Project Reactor / RxJava), gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, REST APIs.
- TypeScript, Python (for AI framework bindings, orchestration, and scripting).
- Node.js ecosystems (nice to have for cross-platform integration).
- Deep expertise in distributed backend microservices architecture, fault tolerance (Resilience4j), caching (Redis), and database design (Relational & NoSQL).
- Strong experience building enterprise-grade, high-concurrency Java backend systems.
- Experience designing AI-powered conversational and agentic backend applications.
- Strong cloud-native architecture experience (Google Cloud / AWS / Azure).
- Hands-on expertise with Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), Service Mesh (Istio), Cloud CI/CD, and monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog).
- Hands-on expertise (preferred) with :
- AI Agents, Tools, and Model Context Protocols (MCPs).
- Google Agent Development Kit (ADK).
- AI copilots, autonomous business workflows, and intelligent enterprise search systems.
- Scalable, resilient cloud-native backend platforms.
Additional informationPay Range: $165,000 - $205,000
The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.
Benefits of Working Here:- Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued
- 16 paid holidays throughout the year
- Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Corporate gift matching program
