[Hiring] Tech Lead/SSE+ Java/Python + AWS @Encora

Role Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Technical Lead Java and Python (19562) with advanced hands-on experience in AWS cloud engineering. This role is ideal for a strong Senior or Lead-level engineer who can architect, build, and own backend services end-to-end while guiding technical direction and collaborating across teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of system design, distributed systems, cloud-native development, and backend software engineering best practices.

• Build end-to-end product features using TypeScript, React, and Node.js, delivering UI, backend logic, and production-ready deployments.
• Translate UI/UX designs into pixel-perfect, accessible, and responsive interfaces that elevate the customer experience.
• Develop, consume, and maintain RESTful APIs to ensure seamless communication across the application stack.
• Ensure strong data integrity, security, and performance across front-end and back-end systems.
• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, reliability issues, and UX inconsistencies in a proactive and iterative manner.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests with tools like Vitest, Mocha/Chai, or Playwright.
• Support and improve CI/CD workflows, including automation of testing and deployment pipelines.
• Communicate clearly about technical decisions, trade-offs, and implementation strategies to cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Lead the design and implementation of backend services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high performance.
• Propose and architect AWS-based solutions, including creation and optimization of cloud services.
• Translate functional and non-functional requirements into robust backend architectures (APIs, data flows, persistence layers).
• Develop high-quality, production-ready backend code (Java/Python), including automated testing.
• Make key technical decisions regarding databases, data models, and storage strategies.
• Collaborate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and cross-functional requirements definition.
• Own deployed backend systems—monitoring, troubleshooting, and driving continuous improvements.
• Contribute to long-term technical strategy and help evolve the backend platform as the product scales.

Requirements

• DevOps experience, including infrastructure-as-code, observability, monitoring, and system reliability.
• Experience with high-scale data systems, event-driven architectures, or microservices.

Company Description

Encora is a global company that offers Software and Digital Engineering solutions. Our practices include Cloud Services, Product Engineering & Application Modernization, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience & Design Services, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Quality Engineering, AI & LLM Engineering, among others.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.