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OmegaHiresLead and Principal Java Engineer
Lead and Principal Java Engineer Location: Remote, USA Employment type: Contract Indicative rate: $110–$140/hr Contract leadership opportunities for senior Java engineers who remain hands-on while guiding…
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Lead and Principal Java Engineer at OmegaHires is a contract role. Work arrangement: Remote. Location: Applicants in United States only. No salary is shown in this listing. It was posted on Oct 24, 2026. This listing is paused and not taking applications at the moment.
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Lead and Principal Java Engineer
Location: Remote, USA
Employment type: Contract
Indicative rate: $110–$140/hr
Contract leadership opportunities for senior Java engineers who remain hands-on while guiding architecture and delivery of complex enterprise systems. Assignments may involve modernization, distributed services, cloud-native applications, and high-throughput or mission-critical platforms. Leads partner with engineering and business stakeholders, shape technical direction, and support teams through design, implementation, review, and delivery.
Core skills
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Microservices
- System Architecture
- REST APIs
- Distributed Systems
- Technical Leadership
- Cloud Platforms
Required qualifications
- Extensive hands-on Java engineering experience
- Experience leading design and implementation of enterprise-scale software
- Strong experience with Spring Boot and microservices architecture
- Experience designing scalable, secure, and maintainable APIs or services
- Ability to make and communicate architectural and technical decisions
- Experience mentoring or guiding engineers or delivery teams
- Experience with code reviews, testing, and production-quality engineering practices
- Ability to collaborate with product, business, and engineering stakeholders
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with AWS, ECS/EKS, Lambda, or other cloud services
- Experience with Kafka, messaging, or event-driven systems
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Experience modernizing large-scale enterprise applications
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