Technical Lead - Java Full Stack

Summary

Join 3Pillar Global in Costa Rica as a Full Stack Engineer and lead technical direction and implementation for the team. You will evaluate trade-offs in development, create technical documentation, and collaborate with various teams. Responsibilities include code reviews, bug fixes, and mentoring senior engineers. The role requires 7+ years of experience in full-stack engineering with proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and various other technologies. Experience with microservices, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and databases is essential. Additional desired experience includes setting technical strategy, refining technical details, and building CI/CD pipelines. Benefits include a beach house, "Aseisthmus" benefits, additional leave days, learning and development opportunities, private medical insurance, legal benefits, and work-from-home options.

Requirements

• A minimum of 7+ years of experience/expertise working as a Full Stack Engineer, with proficiency in the specified technologies
• Java 17 or superior
• Spring boot
• EJBs
• Websphere Application Server
• Tomcat Application Server
• Microservices
• Kubernates
• AWS (ECS / EKS)
• Azure Devops / Github Actions
• DB2 Database
• Aurora Database
• Desirable with Mobile experience (eg. Flutter, Mobile First, Ionic)
• Previous experience migrating Monolithic Applications to Microservices
• High level of English proficiency required to interact with a globally-based development team
• Experience leading Agile software development methodologies
• Demonstrated experience following and adapting high-level architecture to project and client needs
• Ability to verify/validate architecture implementations and influence overall architecture beyond the team
• Expertise in applying object-oriented programming, with preferred experience in Java
• High-level design proficiency following UML / C4 / ArchiMate
• Experience in effectively working collaboratively among relevant information stakeholders to create and implement well-tested, scalable, secure, and performant enterprise-level systems that ultimately deliver the client’s desired business outcome
• Demonstrated initiative in mentoring other engineers and decision-makers throughout the organization
• Very good knowledge of architectural styles and design patterns, SOLID principles and OWASP

Responsibilities

• Independently guide the technical direction and implementation by the whole team within defined architecture in all stages from conceptualization to deployment
• Evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, and customer impact to ensure the development of the right solution, with client success at the forefront
• Create and lead the team's technical documentation and repository management practices, including tasks such as creating branches, pull requests, merges, etc
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to provide necessary oversight of architecture and dependencies influencing product strategy and direction
• Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and addressing complex bug fixes with a focus on security, performance, and reliability
• Active leader in the Engineering Practice community, mentoring Senior Engineers and others through Communities of Practice (CoPs) or on project teams, supporting the growth of technical capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to set technical strategy and direct implementation across several teams/whole product
• Ability to refine and clarify technical details (including definition of done) based on internal or external PO for User Stories and task assignments
• Ability to provide technical orchestration among the overall tasks
• Experience in building CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of building Cloud Native applications
• Knowledge or experience working with mobile development (Mobile First or Flutter) ideally

Benefits

• Beach House
• ���Aseisthmus”(“Asociación Solidarista”)
• Additional Leave Days - 1 Day off (Graduation), 2 Days off (Bereavement, Marriage)
• Learning and Development CR (courses, certifications, Tech training, mentor me). Sponsored certifications
• Private Medical Insurance
• Benefits by law
• Work from home