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Director, Software Engineering (Java 8, Kafka, AWS)

Director, Software Engineering (Java 8, Kafka, AWS)

Request Technology, LLCChicago, IL, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
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Director, Software Engineering (Java 8, Kafka, AWS)

Prestigious company seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead a team focused on building event-driven solutions. Requires experience with Java 8, AWS, Kafka, multi-threading, and related technologies. (Note : Sponsorship is not available for this permanent full-time role.)

Location & Work Arrangement : Arlington Heights, IL — Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.

Recruiter : Senior Executive Recruiter at Request Technology

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage a team of skilled software developers.
  • Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects across multiple systems.
  • Manage a distributed development team, coordinate with vendors, and drive delivery.
  • Develop solutions to complex technical challenges, including coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documentation.
  • Lead efforts to optimize application performance and resilience through analysis, refactoring, and system tuning.
  • Recommend architectural changes and new technologies / tools to improve efficiency and quality of systems and processes.

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or a related technical field; MS preferred.
  • 8-10 years of experience in building large-scale, compute and event-driven solutions; Java 8+ experience.
  • 8+ years of experience with Object Oriented Design, advanced patterns, and multi-threading.
  • Experience with distributed message brokers (e.g., Kafka, Amazon Kinesis).
  • Working knowledge of DevOps tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm).
  • Experience with cloud technologies and migrations; AWS foundational services (VPC, Security Groups, EC2, RDS, S3, KMS, IAM, etc.).
  • Experience with testing frameworks (JUnit, Citrus desirable).
  • Experience with relational, NoSQL, object-based, and graph databases.
  • Git workflows experience required.
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, AppDynamics) is a plus.

    • Employment Details

  • Employment type : Full-time
  • Job function : Information Technology
  • Seniority level : Director

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