Lead Java Developer

Job Title: Lead Java Developer

Work Location: Fort Worth, TX

Rate Range: $50-55/hr

Job Type Long Term Contract

Description:

• Writes, tests, and documents technical work products (e.g., code, scripts, processes) according to organizational standards and practices
• Solves technical problems and builds components/libraries with far-ranging impact
• Delivers high quality work and coaches more junior engineers on technical craftsmanship
• Conducts root cause analysis to identify systemic problems and defines and leads execution of action items to address
• Designs thoughtfully integrated systems that model organizational best practices, allowing disparate teams across product domains to deliver value with speed, scale, and reliability
• Oversees the management of technical debt in existing systems and drives opportunities to eliminate within ongoing implementations
• Consistently anticipates scaling, latency, and durability challenges and guides teams in implementation of mitigating strategies
• Partners with the security organization to incorporate security conscious practices early in the lifecycle of new systems
• Thoughtfully evaluates technical risks and guides toward practical prevention strategies
• Consistently reflects on squad delivery practices throughout their span of of influence, recommends improvements to leadership and drives their implementation
• Maintains a focus on removing the duplication of effort across teams and proactively identifies opportunities for reuse within their span of influence
• Thoughtfully measures and assesses team and identifies areas of development for individuals
• Explores emerging technologies, leads development of prototypes with little or no guidance and incorporates into architectural solutions where appropriate

Top Mandatory Skills and Experience:

7+ years of experience needed

Java (17/21) + Spring Boot 3.x/4.x, Maven.

Python + Streamlit -- able to code and ship changes to the Streamlit planner dashboard; plus consuming secured (OAuth2) REST APIs with data filtering & validation (clean, validate, normalize before downstream use).

Cloud-native delivery + high-quality engineering -- Docker + Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, SonarQube gates), OAuth2/Spring Security, TDD (JUnit 5 + Mockito), and consistently high coding standards.

Also required: comfortable pair-working with AI coding agents (Claude / Copilot) for fast changes; a collaborative team player who is open to ideas/feedback; a fast learner.

(Education: BS in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent experience.)

Nice to Have Skills and Experience (preferred but not required):

Exposure to mathematical optimization / solvers (FICO Xpress, Gurobi, CPLEX, OR-Tools), enough to collaborate with Operations Research professionals; Azure (Blob/ADLS, azure-identity) incl. analyzing ADLS data to debug, find issues, and derive insights; OpenTelemetry/Micrometer; PIT mutation testing; Backstage / Runway / ArgoCD; WebFlux/reactive; CSV/Excel (Open CSV, POI) parsing at scale; MkDocs/TechDocs; aviation / Maintenance / MRO domain.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.