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Java Microservices Principal Architect/Senior Lead

Programmers.io

Key Requirements

  • Experience: 12-18 years overall, with 5+ years in architecture and AWS cloud.
  • Core Skills:
    • Java 11/17/21
    • Spring Boot, Spring Cloud
    • Microservices Architecture
    • Distributed Systems
    • AWS (EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudWatch)
    • Docker, Kubernetes
    • CI/CD, Terraform/CloudFormation
    • Kafka/RabbitMQ
    • Security (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, IAM)
    • Performance Engineering & Production Troubleshooting

AI Requirements

Preferred candidates should have exposure to:

  • AWS Bedrock
  • OpenAI APIs
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
  • Embeddings
  • Vector Databases
  • Enterprise AI/LLM Integration

Ideal Candidate

A hands-on Principal Architect who:

  • Still writes and reviews critical code
  • Designs large-scale cloud-native platforms
  • Leads architecture and engineering teams
  • Solves complex production issues
  • Drives scalability, reliability, security, and AI-enabled solutions
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