Job Description
Job Description
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
Own end-to-end solution architecture - microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and
front-end
Produce HLD, LLD, ADRs, and architecture diagrams; lead design and code reviews
Design cloud-native solutions on AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, SQS, API Gateway, CDK)
Provide hands-on guidance across Java back-end, JavaScript/TypeScript front-end, and
Python services
Act as primary liaison with Apple DRIs - translate platform standards into actionable
engineering
Lead and attend daily offshore calls; mentor distributed teams and ensure architectural
consistency
Drive DevSecOps, CI/CD, IaC (Terraform/CDK), observability, and NFR adherence
Evaluate and integrate AI/LLM tools (Claude, Copilot) into development workflows
Must-Have
12 15 years of engineering experience; 5+ years as Architect - still actively coding
Deep hands-on Java (17/21), Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Cloud, microservices
Strong AWS expertise (multi-service, production-grade)
Strong proficiency in Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python for full-stack development
Solid grasp of distributed systems, Kafka/SQS/SNS, REST/GraphQL/gRPC
Proven stakeholder liaison experience at DRI / senior leadership level
Comfortable with offshore collaboration across time zones
Fluent with AI-assisted development - Claude (Anthropic), GitHub Copilot; can review,
validate, and extend AI-generated code
Preferred
Prior experience with Apple engineering teams or DRI-driven delivery models
AWS certification - Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer
Hands-on with Claude API / LLM integration - RAG, prompt engineering, agentic workflows
Experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Istio, and container orchestration
Data architecture - Redshift, Glue, Athena, DynamoDB, Snowflake
Consulting / vendor delivery experience at enterprise scale
Tech Stack
Back-End Java 17/21, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Cloud, Hibernate
Front-End Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js
Python FastAPI, Pandas, LangChain
Cloud AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, S3, VPC, IAM, CDK)
Messaging Kafka, SQS/SNS, EventBridge
AI / LLM Claude (Anthropic), LangChain, RAG pipelines
Data MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB
DevOps GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, ArgoCD
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Austin, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | https://www.ztek-inc.com/ |
About Company
Ztek provides Talent Acquisition services that meets the need of small, medium and enterprise-sized organizations. Our services offer the expertise and flexibility to ensure your hiring plans deliver a lasting strategic advantage, enabling you to focus more on growing your business while we help answer your “who” challenges.
Our name is initiated by the letter “Z” signifying the third axis of the Cartesian coordinate system and we pride our services in rendering the third dimension for the talent acquisition and consulting paradigm for our clients.
Our successful operating track record for over 18 years covers North America, Europe and India and is supported by an active staff of over 600 associates dedicated in delighting our client base.
ZTEK is a Woman owned and Minority Certified business enterprise (MBEs) and certified as a diversity supplier by Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC), which is the Georgia chapter of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).
Skills
- AWS Lambdaunmatched
- Adverse Eventsunmatched
- Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)unmatched
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
- AngularJSunmatched
- Apache Kafkaunmatched
- Appleunmatched
- Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
- Architectural Servicesunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Cloud Computingunmatched
- Code Reviewsunmatched
- Consultingunmatched
- Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
- Continuous Integrationunmatched
- DevOpsunmatched
- Distributed Computingunmatched
- GitHubunmatched
- GraphQLunmatched
- Javaunmatched
- JavaScriptunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Microservicesunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
- Simple Queue Service (SQS)unmatched
- User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
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