Tech Lead / Architect (Java)

Project description

The primary goal of the project is the modernization, maintenance and development of an eCommerce platform for a big US-based retail company, serving millions of omnichannel customers each week.

Solutions are delivered by several Product Teams focused on different domains - Customer, Loyalty, Search and Browse, Data Integration, Cart.

Current overriding priorities are new brands onboarding, re-architecture, database migrations, migration of microservices to a unified cloud-native solution without any disruption to business.

Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced Java Tech Lead who can help to perform migration of client platform:

Quickly onboard to Customer's processes

Develop new features in Java and Kotlin for Spring Boot Microservices, as well as maintain existing ones

Improve Personalized Search

Modernize Data Ingestion for faster searching and indexing

Ensure Cloud Readiness and integration of Azure APIM and Gateway

Collaborate with other teams and client to find the best solutions

Lead dev teams

Skills

Must have

Readiness to work until 8.00 pm CET;

English

B2 or higher;

Must have: Kotlin, Java Spring Boot, Gradle;

At least 1 year of Team Lead, Tech Lead or Architect experience

At least 5 years of work experience including enterprise backend system design experience;

Strong knowledge of Java/Kotlin language, familiar with Spring/SpringBoot;

Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture patterns;

Hands on experience with AZURE (preferably Azure AI Search) and knowledge of cloud architecture patterns;

Experience with distributed systems;

An experience with Elasticsearch;

Good knowledge of SQL;

Familiar with microservice architecture patterns;

Familiar with Containers and Orchestration Systems (Kubernetes/PKS/OpenShift);

Experience with PostgreSQL;

Adoption of Agile and DevOps culture;

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

Experience of work in distributed teams, with US customers

Experience of work with search platforms;

E-commerce background;

An experience with Hazelcast;

An experience with Spring Cloud;

Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Lead

Remote Spain, Spain

Req. VR-123840

Java

Cross Industry Solutions

19/08/2026

Req. VR-123840