Sr/Lead Java Engineer

We’re Hiring: Sr / Lead Java Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL ( 5 Days Onsite ) Candidates: Local / Nearby candidates preferred Employment Type: W2

Hourly Payrate: $70 - $80

We are looking for a Senior / Lead Java Engineer who can drive development end-to-end, lead the team, and mentor junior developers while remaining hands-on with coding and architecture. This role will involve 60–70% development and 30–40% team leadership activities .

Primary Skills: Java Development Spring / Microservices Architecture Strong experience with API development and integrations Kafka AWS Cloud End-to-End CI/CD experience Docker & Kubernetes (hands-on with containerized applications) Jenkins experience is a plus

Nice to Have: Frontend exposure (plus, not mandatory) Java modernization experience Payments / Financial applications experience (highly preferred) DevOps mindset / experience

Role Highlights: Lead and guide the engineering team Mentor junior developers Drive end-to-end delivery of microservices-based applications Work on high-scale payment systems processing $6–8 trillion daily