Software Developer III - Java/Backend.

Tech Lead Software Engineer (Java Backend) Remote (U.S.) | Full-Time | Contract We're partnering with a well-established enterprise organization seeking a Tech Lead Software Engineer to help drive modernization initiatives, cloud transformation, and AI-enabled engineering practices across critical business platforms. This is a fully remote, long-term contract opportunity with occasional quarterly travel for team collaboration. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, mentoring developers, and building highly scalable backend systems in AWS. What You'll Be Doing As a Tech Lead Software Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in architecture, development, and delivery. Key responsibilities include: • Lead the design and development of scalable backend services using Java and cloud-native technologies. • Provide technical direction and architectural guidance to engineering teams. • Help modernize legacy applications and migrate services from on-premises environments to AWS. • Design and implement event-driven architectures and distributed systems. • Partner with Product, Platform, and Engineering teams to align technical solutions with business objectives. • Serve as a technical escalation point for complex production and architecture challenges. • Drive engineering best practices across coding standards, design reviews, testing, and operational excellence. • Champion "build it, run it" ownership and production reliability. • Lead adoption of AI-assisted and agentic development practices to improve engineering productivity and quality. • Mentor engineers and help elevate overall team capabilities. Required Experience • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience. • Prior experience serving as a Technical Lead, Lead Engineer, or Senior Individual Contributor. • Strong Java backend development experience in enterprise environments. • Hands-on AWS experience, including compute, messaging, storage, and cloud-native services. • Experience building and supporting production-grade distributed systems. • Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, messaging patterns, and service integrations. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern software delivery practices. • Production support experience, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident response. • Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions across teams. Preferred Experience • Modernization and cloud migration initiatives. • Domain-Driven Design (DDD) concepts and microservices architecture. • AI-assisted software development tools and agentic engineering workflows. • Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, or serverless technologies. • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CDK, or similar tools. • Observability tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus. • NoSQL technologies including MongoDB or Redis. • API management and integration platforms. • Experience working in highly regulated environments. Why This Opportunity? • Long-term, stable contract engagement (12+ months). • Fully remote position within the U.S. • Opportunity to influence enterprise architecture and modernization efforts. • Work with cloud-native technologies, AWS, and emerging AI-enabled engineering practices. • High-impact technical leadership role with visibility across the organization. Location: Remote (U.S.) Duration: 2-3-month contract Schedule: Full-Time Travel: Occasional meetings Experience Level: Senior / Tech Lead If you're an experienced Java backend engineer who thrives in technical leadership roles and enjoys helping organizations modernize their platforms, we'd love to connect. Originally posted on Himalayas