Java Backend Developer/Technical Lead - New Jersey-Hybrid

Job Title: Java Backend Developer/Technical Lead
Location: New Jersey-Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract

• The Technical Lead will be a hands-on Engineer who will also own architecture, integration design, engineering standards, code quality, and technical delivery for a Java/Spring Boot microservice supporting the Debt Management System platform.

• Lead technical design for Java/Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, event-driven workflows, and service integrations.
• Guide code quality, pull request reviews, testing standards, and engineering best practices.
• Own integration patterns with downstream services, OAuth2/Keycloak security, RabbitMQ messaging, and Oracle/JPA persistence.
• Partner with product, QA, DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver production-ready capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and translate business requirements into clear technical implementation plans.

• 10+ years Java engineering; 5+ years technical leadership on enterprise microservices.

• Java 17+/21, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Spring Security, OAuth2/JWT, Keycloak, Oracle, JPA/Hibernate, RabbitMQ, Maven, Docker, Git-based CI/CD.

• Financial services, fixed-income, trading, settlement, GSE, banking, or regulated domain experience.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, or related technical discipline required; master's preferred.