Lead Java Engineer - Saint Louis, Missouri 2nd Stage
5 Star RecruitmentSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
Posted January 6, 2026
140000 - 150000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
5 Star Recruitment specializes in connecting employers with top talent across a range of industries. Their core focus is on delivering tailored recruitment solutions that match candidates' skills and career aspirations with employers' strategic objectives. The firm differentiates itself through a rigorous screening process, a robust network of industry experts, and a commitment to building long‑term partnerships with both clients and candidates. By combining deep market knowledge with a personalized approach, 5 Star Recruitment consistently places the right people in the right roles, driving success for both organizations and individuals.
Job Description
Lead Java Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and testing web and cloud-native applications, working with software engineers and product managers to architect web and cloud platforms.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in microservices-based cloud-native development within an enterprise-level domain
- 3+ years of experience leading teams
- Strong hands-on experience architecting and implementing modern Java-based applications
- Experience with implementing Microservices using Spring Boot, Spring Webflux, Starter Web, JPA, Spring Security, Spring Boot, Actuator Kafka, Redis
- 2+ years with AWS Experience (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, DynamoDb, Lambda)
- Experience with Restful APIs and hexagonal architecture
- Knowledge of relational database systems (RDS, Oracle)
- Experience using container & serverless architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, AWS ECS)
- Proficient with Test Driven and Domain Driven Development (TDD / DDD)
- Experience with DevOps creating CI/CD tools and pipelines
- Solid verbal and written communication and consultant/client-facing skills
