Lead Full Stack Java Developer / Technical Lead - Level III

This is Dasharatham from SLIGO. We have an urgent requirement for Lead Full Stack Java Developer / Technical Lead - Level III position with our client.

Title : Lead Full Stack Java Developer / Technical Lead - Level III

Location : Albany, New York

Duration : 2 year(s) 6 month(s) 16 day(s)

Client : Sligo Software Solutions - NYS - IES

Job ID: SLG - 26 - 12396

Respond by: 09/16/26 1:00 PM

Must Have

13+ Years of Total work experience.

Please note that for Mandatory Qualification 1, all candidates that apply MUST justify and provide examples of their experience leading technical designs sessions, establishing coding standards, conducting rigorous code reviews, and mentoring junior-to-mid-level developers within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Mandatory Qualifications

Nice to have prior Govt client experience.

• Level III- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Developer
• At least five (5) years of hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying highly scalable, secure, and resilient microservices and RESTful APIs. This must include deep expertise in Java (version 17 or higher), Spring Boot, and Hibernate/JPA, integrated with relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• At least five (5) years of hands-on experience developing responsive, accessible, and high-performance user interfaces using modern front-end frameworks (such as Angular 14+, React, or Vue.js). This must include proven experience integrating front-end applications with Java/Spring Boot back-end APIs, managing client-side state, implementing secure authentication protocols (such as OAuth2/OIDC), and ensuring cross-browser compatibility and Section 508/ADA accessibility compliance.

• 1-3 years of experience with microservices patterns such as saga, CQRS, event sourcing, and API composition
• 6-months-1-years of experience with service mesh technologies
• 1-3 years of experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS) for microservices deployment
• 6-months-1-years of experience with message-driven architecture (SQS, SNS, Kafka) for asynchronous inter-service communication
• 6-months-1-years of experience with API gateway solutions (AWS API Gateway, Spring Cloud Gateway)
• 1-3 years of experience with centralized logging and distributed tracing across microservices (CloudWatch, Splunk, Datadog, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry)
• 6-months-1-years of experience with OAuth2/OpenID Connect for securing microservices
• 6-months-1-years of experience with database-per-service patterns and database migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase etc)