Staff Engineer (Hand-on + Technical Leadership) - Remote
Posted 1 week ago by QTech US Inc
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Staff Engineer role is a long-term contract position focused on hands-on technical leadership, requiring daily coding and guidance for senior developers across multiple services. The candidate will be responsible for cross-team architecture in Java/Spring Boot systems within Kubernetes, setting engineering standards, and driving platform-wide initiatives. Additionally, the role involves mentoring senior engineers and utilizing AI tools to enhance productivity and code quality. Immediate proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, distributed systems, Kubernetes, and Jenkins is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Guide senior developers across multiple services while coding daily.
- Own cross-team architecture for Java/Spring Boot systems running in Kubernetes.
- Set engineering standards and improve system reliability.
- Drive platform-wide initiatives such as observability and CI quality gates.
- Deliver complex features personally and mentor senior engineers.
- Utilize Copilot and Claude Code for design, implementation, and documentation.
- Generate unit test cases and refactor legacy modules using LLMs.
- Evaluate AI-generated outputs for security, data privacy, and compliance.
- Leverage GitHub Copilot and Windsurf for AI-assisted coding.
Key Skills:
- Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
- Experience with distributed system patterns and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with Jenkins.
- Experience using AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.
- Ability to mentor and guide senior engineers.
- Knowledge of enterprise security and compliance standards.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term Contract
Looking for W2 Candidates. No C2C
Job Description:
A hands on technical leader who codes daily while guiding senior developers across multiple services.
Owns cross team architecture for Java/Spring Boot systems running in Kubernetes, sets engineering standards, improves reliability, and drives platform-wide initiatives (observability, CI quality gates, performance guardrails).
Expected to deliver complex features personally, mentor senior engineers, and use Copilot and Claude Code to accelerate design, implementation, and documentation.
Must be immediately productive with Java, Spring Boot, distributed system patterns, Kubernetes, and Jenkins.
It would be great if we can get more candidates that have this type of experience:
Used LLMs to generate unit test cases, refactor legacy modules, and accelerate code reviews.
Evaluated AI-generated outputs for enterprise security, data privacy, and compliance standards before adoption in production environments.
I expect this as the minimum for potential candidates.
Leveraged GitHub Copilot and Windsurf for AI-assisted coding, accelerating code generation, refactoring, test creation, and productivity optimization.
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