Java Architect

Job Description

JOB DETAILS:

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• Role: Java Architect

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• Skills: Core Java, Java Architecture, Azure (Public Cloud), AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, etc.)

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• Location: Chicago, IL (100% Day One Onsite)

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• Experience: 15+ years

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Job Description:

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Tech Stack: Core Java, Azure (Public Cloud), AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, etc.)

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Transformation & Coaching

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• Assessment & Roadmap Creation:

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• Evaluate the current technology landscape, identify gaps, and shape the transformation roadmap for modernization.

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• Culture Change Agent:

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• Break entrenched “comfort zone” patterns across a team with 10+ year legacy experience.

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• Mentor team members and interns on modern engineering practices, automation-first thinking, and cloud-native principles.

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• AI Adoption Leader:

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• Promote and operationalize the use of GitHub Copilot and other AI tools for:

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• Unit test generation

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• Code reviews & optimization

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• Issue impact diagnosis

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• Development efficiency

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Technical Leadership & Delivery

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• Self-Sufficient Execution:

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• Build systems independently without needing detailed “how-to” instructions. Should naturally handle engineering essentials such as timeouts, retries, dead letter queues, error handling, and resiliency patterns.

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• Hands-on Development:

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• Write high‑quality Java code while enhancing CI/CD pipelines, improving automated testing, and increasing code coverage.

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• Cloud & Infrastructure Ownership:

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• Drive Azure-related engineering tasks including IAM, horizontal/vertical scaling, monitoring, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).

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• Operate with a philosophy of application teams owning their infrastructure.

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Operational Excellence

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• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing:

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• Transition knowledge from individuals to scalable, documented, and automated processes; establish best practices and engineering playbooks.

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• Resiliency & Scalability Engineering:

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• Architect broadly stable systems that minimize production issues and increase platform reliability.

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