Please do not respond to direct messages with your personal information. All job applications and your sensitive, personal information should only be submitted via our official job platform.Job Title:
Software Engineering Lead - APIs (hybrid- onsite - Monday- Thursday)
Location: US-GA-Atlanta (Sandy Springs)
FLSA: Exempt
#LI-hybrid
Job Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Lead to drive the vision and hands-on development of our enterprise services platform. This role requires a strategic technical leader who will lead a team of engineers while maintaining direct contributions to architecture, design, and implementation.
Job Responsibilities:- Collaborate with product managers and solution architects to translate business requirements into scalable technical designs
- Guide architectural decisions, establish coding standards, and champion software engineering best practices
- Design, develop, and maintain microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and modern cloud-native patterns on AWS
- Build solutions leveraging AWS services (ECS Fargate, S3, SQS, API Gateway, Lambda) with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Implement CI/CD pipelines, API governance strategies, and observability practices (distributed tracing, structured logging, SLO/SLA monitoring)
- Mentor team members through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
- Foster a culture of test-driven development, observability, and operational excellence
- Remain agile and adaptable, capable of context-switching between projects as business needs evolve
The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.
Job Requirements:- 6+ years of professional software development experience
- 1-2 years in a technical leadership or senior engineering role
- Java and Spring Boot framework
- RESTful API design and microservices architecture
- API design patterns (GraphQL, gRPC, or OpenAPI/Swagger)
- AWS cloud services and cloud-native development
- Relational and NoSQL databases
- Distributed systems concepts (resilience, fault tolerance, eventual consistency)
- Integration with generative AI and LLM technologies (OpenAI, Bedrock, LangChain, SageMaker)
- Performance optimization and scalability patterns
- Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Proven mentoring and team collaboration abilities
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Quarkus framework experience
- Frontend development skills (Angular or React)
- Python for scripting or services development
- Event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge)
- Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Splunk)
Company Benefits: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Employee Referral Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Programs
- Paid Community Service Opportunities
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Ongoing Training & Personal Development
- And More!
