Software Engineer 5

3Core Systems, Inc is an SAP and SuccessFactors partner with employees located across the United States. Our organization is dedicated to customer and employee satisfaction. We provide high-quality, cost-efficient, and Competitive Solutions and Resources. 3Core Systems is looking for a Software Engineer 5 (Lead Java Backend Developer) for one of our clients in Chicago, IL (Remote) Job Title: Software Engineer 5 (Lead Java Backend Developer) Location: Chicago, IL (Remote, but there will be travel involved when needed Locals preferred) Duration: 12 months contract. Position s Contributions to Work Group: Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable cloud-native applications on AWS. Drives architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI/CD, observability and AWS infrastructure. Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions while mentoring engineers, improving development processes, and ensuring successful execution of business objectives. Typical task breakdown: Leads software engineers in delivering business-critical applications. Establishes technical direction and architectural standards. Drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives. Ensures solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability. Promotes DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices. Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Interaction with team: Mentors engineers and develop technical talent. Partners with Product Owners, Architects, and stakeholders to align technology investments with business goals. Education & Experience Required: Bachelor s degree is a must. 10+ years experience in this capacity with 5+ years in a lead role. Candidates with solid backend development experience and prior exposure to the automotive/automobile industry would be a great fit. Required Technical Skills: Java (latest would be ideal) Spring Boot Microservices REST APIs AWS (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager) OpenSearch/Elasticsearch Docker CI/CD GitHub Distributed Systems Cloud Architecture Observability DevOps Infrastructure as Code SQL/NoSQL databases Event-Driven Architecture API Integration Performance Optimization, and AI-assisted Development Tools. Soft Skills: Strong technical leadership, communication, stakeholder management, mentoring and coaching, collaboration, problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, ownership, conflict resolution, adaptability, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams while driving successful delivery of complex cloud-native solutions. Regards, Recruiting Team 3Core Systems Inc 9101 Burnet Road, Suite 207, Austin, TX 78758 3Core Systems, Inc