What are the responsibilities and job description for the Java Tech Lead position at OMNISTARR?
Tech Lead – Java Backend / Full Stack / AWS (with Python Exposure)
Location : Columbus/Wilmington
Note: Required Lead 14 profile only
Role Overvi
ewWe are looking for a Tech Lead who can drive architecture, delivery, and team leadership across Java backend, full‑stack development, AWS cloud services, and event‑driven systems. The ideal candidate brings strong experience with Kafka, data pipelines, and working knowledge of Python for automation, scripting, or data workflows. This role leads an 8‑engineer team and ensures high‑quality, scalable, cloud‑native solution
s.Key Responsibiliti
- esLead design and development of Java‑based backend services and full‑stack application
- s.Architect and implement event‑driven systems using Kafka and AWS messaging service
- s.Oversee data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline workflow
- s.Build and optimize microservices using AWS Lambda, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, EventBridg
- e.Ensure secure, scalable cloud architecture using S3, DynamoDB, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatc
- h.Integrate GenAI capabilities using AWS Bedroc
- k.Use Python scripting for automation, data processing, or pipeline orchestration where neede
- d.Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to an 8‑member engineering tea
- m.Collaborate with product, DevOps, and architecture teams to align on delivery goal
- s.Drive engineering excellence in CI/CD, testing, observability, and performanc
e.Required Skills & Experien
ceCore Engineeri
- ngExpert‑level Java backend developme
- ntFull‑stack familiarity (React/Angular/Vue or simila
- r)Strong understanding of microservices, REST APIs, distributed syste
msEventing & Da
- taHands‑on experience with Kafka (topics, partitions, consumer groups, schema evolutio
- n)Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL flows, and streaming/batch processi
ngAWS Cloud Experti
- seCompute & Serverless: Lambda, ECS, Farga
- teStorage & Databases: S3, Dynamo
- DBIntegration & Messaging: API Gateway, SQS, SNS, EventBrid
- geNetworking & Security: VPC, I
- AMMonitoring: CloudWat
- chGenAI: Bedro
c
k Leadership & Delive
- ryExperience leading teams of 6–10 enginee
- rsStrong communication, delegation, and stakeholder alignme
- ntAbility to drive architecture decisions and balance trade‑of
- fsProven track record delivering complex cloud‑native syste
msNice to Ha
- veCI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipelin
- e)IaC (Terraform, CloudFormatio
- n)Container security and observability tooli
- ngExposure to ML/AI or LLM‑based integratio