Lead Java GCP Developer (Vertex AI)
Job Title: Lead Java GCP Developer (Vertex AI) Location: Denver, CO (Remote is ok) Employment Type: Contractual Job Description:- Lead experience is Mandatory in the role. Role Overview The Technical Lead Development role is responsible for driving the overall technical strategy of a development lane, defining engineering standards, and ensuring multiple development teams deliver high-quality clinical system applications on time. This role partners closely with product owners, architects, project leadership, QA, configuration management, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality software in an Agile environment. Core Responsibilities
- Define engineering standards, create architectural project blueprints, and ensure organizational best practices are followed across development teams
- Design, develop, implement, and support clinical system applications.
- Need to have hands on coding experience
- Mentor and guide engineer team leads, providing high-level technical oversight and strategy
- Lead complex external integrations with other technical teams and third-party systems
- Review requirements and data models, then translate them into reliable applications and scalable technical architecture
- Collaborate with other engineers on an Agile team to deliver code on an ongoing basis
- Conduct design and code reviews with the extended team to ensure solutions meet established standards
- Track, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects
- Complete additional tasks necessary to support project deliverables and ongoing application support
Agile Delivery and Project Execution
- Work closely with business product owners on an Agile team to understand requirements, provide feedback, and request clarification as needed
- Partner with the Team Lead, Project Manager, and Architect on planning, estimation, documentation, and status reporting
- Adhere to project schedules and proactively resolve or escalate issues to management
- Adapt to and contribute in a fast-paced Agile application development environment
- Understand and apply SAFe Agile and Continuous Discovery Delivery practices Quality Engineering and Release Support
- Support test execution, including system-level and integration testing
- Work with QA and configuration management teams on code builds, releases, test case design, and defect resolution
- Apply unit testing frameworks and software debugging practices to improve product quality
- Promote software craftsmanship and Agile best practices across the development lifecycle
- Technical Skills and Experience Cloud and Platform Engineering
- Experience with Google ADK, GCP cloud services, including Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Cloud Storage, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Datastore, Cloud Memorystore, and Cloud Firestore
- Development experience with Java and Spring Boot (Angular experience is a plus
- Hands-on experience with platform and infrastructure tools such as Terraform and Helm
- Strong hands-on DevOps experience, including CI/CD pipeline development, build and release automation, deployment practices, operational support for cloud based applications, and advancing Google Cloud Platform maturity across different supported applications
- Familiarity with microservice architecture principles; system architecture experience is a plus Application Development
- Development experience with Java and Spring Boot (Angular experience is a plus)
- Professional development experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Object-oriented design and development experience
- Understanding of software design patterns
- Ability to remain hands-on with coding while also providing technical guidance to development teams AI and Automation
- AI experience, including knowledge of building AI agents using Gemini or Vertex AI
Educational Qualifications: -
- Engineering Degree – BE/ME/BTech/MTech/BSc/MSc.
- Technical certification in multiple technologies is desirable.