job summary
We are seeking an experienced Back-End Engineer and Team Lead to build scalable, high-performance enterprise applications on Google Cloud Platform. In this position, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, guiding developer delivery, setting engineering standards, and architecting resilient microservices from design through production support.
location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $54.66 - 64.66 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities
- Lead back-end application architecture and development using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful microservices.
- Design, build, and deploy cloud-native, event-driven solutions on Google Cloud Platform (using Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and Secret Manager).
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership and mentorship to engineering team members while running code reviews and enforcing best practices.
- Implement containerized deployments using Docker, automated CI/CD pipelines, and robust SRE/observability practices (logging, tracing, monitoring).
qualifications
10+ years of hands-on software development experience with Java.
5+ years of production experience with Spring Boot and REST API microservices architectures.
3+ years of direct experience building and deploying cloud applications on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
Demonstrated experience acting as a technical lead mentoring and guiding software engineering teams.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience with Google Pub/Sub and asynchronous event-driven message processing.
Prior domain background in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Retail environments.
Deep knowledge of relational database design, complex SQL optimization, and cloud security best practices.
skills
Back-End
BigQuery
Cloud SQL
cloud-native
Cloud Monitoring
Cloud Storage
CI/CD pipelines
Logging
Docker
enterprise applications
Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
IAM
Java
microservices
relational database
REST APIs
SQL
Software Development
Spring Boot
reliability
architecture
business requirements
Logistics
mentoring
mentor
production support
cloud-native architecture
Pub/Sub
Retail industry
root-cause analysis
Supply Chain
technical rigor
technical leadership
Lead technical
tracing