[Hiring] IT Software Engineer 5 / Java Backend Developer @3Core Systems , Inc

Role Description

This is a remote position.

Role: IT Software Engineer 5 / Java Backend Developer

Location: Chicago, IL / 100% remote, but travel will be required as needed.

Duration: 12-month contract / full-time

90-100% backend development, and drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.

Automotive background, Java background, Lucid background, or OpenSearch.

NOTE: No full-stack roles with heavy front-end; Angular/React/TypeScript.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group

• Provides technical leadership and delivery ownership for a team of software engineers building and operating scalable cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Drives architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and solution design across Spring Boot microservices, OpenSearch platforms, CI/CD, observability, and AWS infrastructure.
• Collaborates with product, architecture, and platform teams to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing solutions while mentoring engineers, improving development processes, and ensuring successful execution of business objectives.

Typical Task Breakdown

• Leads software engineers in delivering business-critical applications.
• Establishes technical direction and architectural standards.
• Drives AWS cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.
• Ensures solution scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Promotes DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Supports incident resolution, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

Interaction with Team

• Mentors engineers and develops technical talent.
• Partners with Product Owners, Architects, and stakeholders to align technology investments with business goals.

Required Technical Skills

• Java (latest would be ideal)
• Spring Boot
• Microservices
• REST APIs
• AWS (ECS/Fargate, IAM, ALB, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager)
• OpenSearch/Elasticsearch
• Docker
• CI/CD
• GitHub
• Distributed Systems
• Cloud Architecture
• Observability
• DevOps
• Infrastructure as Code
• SQL/NoSQL databases
• Event-Driven Architecture
• API Integration
• Performance Optimization
• AI-assisted Development Tools

Soft Skills

• Strong technical leadership
• Communication
• Stakeholder management
• Mentoring and coaching
• Collaboration
• Problem-solving
• Critical thinking
• Decision-making
• Ownership
• Conflict resolution
• Adaptability
• The ability to influence cross-functional teams while driving successful delivery of complex cloud-native solutions