Location: 100% Remote (EST/CST)

Job Type: Full Time/Long Term Contract (W2 Only)

Rate: $60/HR - $65/HR on W2 (No Advantages) or $120K + 6K Medical Insurance +

10 days PTO.

Requires Immediate Joiners - 15 Days Notice Period

Overview

We are hiring a true hands-on engineer—someone who designs solutions and writes production code daily. You will lead architecture and delivery across a cloud-native platform built on Java + Spring, SQL, React, Node.js +

Socket.IO, and Microsoft Azure (ADO/App Service/Container

Apps/Functions/Service Bus/Key Vault/Blob/Monitor/App Insights/APIM).

This role requires cross-stack ownership and the ability to guide teams while staying hands-on—coding, reviewing PRs, mentoring offshore engineers, driving PoCs to production, and ensuring security + reliability.

What You’ll Do

- Lead by coding (daily): Deliver features and fixes in Java/Spring, with
- strong unit/integration test coverage.
- Architect cloud-native services: Build scalable microservices and event-
- driven workflows on Azure (App Service/Container Apps, Functions).
- Implement async messaging patterns: Use Azure Service
- Bus (queues/topics/subscriptions), retries, DLQs, idempotency, and resiliency
- best practices.
- Own secure integrations: Implement enterprise-grade security using Azure
- Key Vault, Managed Identity (MSI), certificates,



and Azure AD/Entra
- ID auth patterns (OAuth2/OIDC/JWT).
- Drive data reliability: Build and optimize SQL Server schemas, queries, and
- deployment scripts (safe, idempotent, CI/CD friendly).
- Operational excellence: Instrument services with Application
- Insights/Azure Monitor + OpenTelemetry, build health checks, and support
- production incidents and root-cause fixes.
- Mentor and set standards: Run strong PR reviews, enforce engineering
- standards, and mentor offshore engineers through pairing, reviews,
- and technical guidance.

Must-Have Skills (Non-Negotiable):
1. Backend (Java)

- Java 17/21 + Spring Boot 3.x (REST APIs, Spring Security, Spring Data,

production microservices)
- API design, middleware, performance mindset; service reliability
- Strong automated testing: JUnit 5 + Mockito (Java)

1. Web / UI

- React (TypeScript/JavaScript, modern patterns, debugging and performance

awareness)
1. Data

- SQL Server (TSQL, query optimization, transactions, deployment scripts,

reliability and performance)
1. Azure (Hands-On)

- Strong hands-on Azure delivery with:
- App Service/Container Apps, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Blob
- Storage, Key Vault, Managed Identity, Application Insights, Azure
- Monitor/OpenTelemetry, and APIM

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