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Mojo Trek · 5 hours ago

Senior / Lead Software Engineer (Java)

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Mojo Trek is an Inc. 5000 company that delivers a transparent recruitment experience. They are seeking a Senior / Lead Software Engineer (Java) to lead development efforts, mentor junior developers, and ensure high standards of software quality while addressing complex technical challenges.

ConsultingInformation TechnologySoftware EngineeringStaffing AgencyWeb Development

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Competent to perform all programming and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work

Acts as team leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members

Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls

Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems

Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features

Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits

Identifies and encourages areas for growth and improvement within the team

Mentors junior developers

Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness

Leads development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional teams

Performs integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results

Participates in technology evaluation and recommendations

Applies an enterprise-wide view to solutions to support the adoption of standards and practices and promote reuse

Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by management from time to time

Qualification

Java 11Backend developmentSpringBoot frameworkRESTful web servicesAWS technologiesMessage streaming solutionsRelationalNoSQL databasesApplication architectural patternsPassion for technologyMentoring junior developersWork under pressureTechnical leadershipCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer science or Electrical engineering or related field is required

10+ years experience of designing and developing software applications in Java or at least 5 years experience in Java with Master's degree

Eight years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java or at least five years of experience in Java with Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Developing software applications using relational and Nosql databases

Knowledge of application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc

Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs

Knowledge of datastores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle

Knowledge of other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, KMS, etc

Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints

Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

Strong Java 11

Backend development is a MUST

SpringBoot framework

Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, ApacheActiveMQ

RESTful web services

AWS knowledge - IAM, Kinesis, DynamoDB, API stack, SQS, SNS, KMS

API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible

Slick - SQL queries

DevOps, CI/CD, Jenkins

High Availability and Reliable Solutions

Some architecture experience

Company

Mojo Trek

We serve enterprises across SaaS, FinTech, and Retail/eCommerce, improving release velocity, reliability, and customer experience.

Founded in 2017

Chicago, Illinois, USA

11-50 employees

https://mojotrek.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Mojo Trek has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (2)

2022 (2)

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Leadership Team

Marina Perla

CEO & Founder

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