Services Engineering Lead: $98/hr
Apply Now! Job Code: 101226SELJob Description
One of Infonet's premier clients has an opening for a Services Engineering Lead. (1595)
TERMS: Contract
SCOPE OF WORK
• Personally deliver production backend services and APIs as the primary mode of work
• Architect, design, and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems for cloud and on-premise deployment
• Create technical design specifications and translate high-level architecture into working software and documentation
• Evaluate new technologies and practices for potential use by the engineering organization
• Author and evangelize engineering standards and best practices across teams
• Design and develop DevOps best practices for the services layer
• Operate as a **lead of AI agents**: plan, decompose, and delegate implementation tasks to AI coding agents, then review, correct, and integrate their output to completion
• Use agentic tooling to multiply personal delivery throughput across microservices, integrations, and infrastructure-as-code work
• Apply strong engineering judgment to validate AI-generated code against architecture, security, performance, and quality standards before it ships
• Establish effective prompting, context-engineering, and verification patterns so AI-driven work remains correct, maintainable, and production-ready
• Own end-to-end accountability for all delivered work regardless of whether it originated from the lead directly, an AI agent, or the supervised team
• Lead design and development of Java/Spring Boot microservices and systems integrations
• Architect APIs using GraphQL and modern integration patterns
• Build and support event-driven architectures using Kafka and messaging patterns
• Implement reactive programming patterns (WebFlux, Project Reactor) and non-blocking I/O
• Manage container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes with Kustomize
• Design and maintain GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipeline architecture using Argo CD
• Design and operate Couchbase and NoSQL database solutions for high-performance, distributed data access
• Work with relational databases and stored procedures as needed
• Participate in testing and certification processes
• Monitor system and application performance; perform predictive maintenance
• Ensure systems are stable and performing per SLAs
• Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and security
• With partial bandwidth, lead a thin near-shore + offshore team and supervise the work they deliver
• Direct, review, and integrate team contributions; conduct code reviews to drive engineering best practices
• Guide the team in distributed system design, microservice patterns, and reactive programming
• Set clear, well-scoped tasks and verify completion to standard across the distributed team
• Collaborate with product, design, and delivery teams; act as technical liaison to business stakeholders
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, backlog refinement) to ensure overall engineering progress aligns with roadmaps and timelines
• Ensure that the team is meeting product owner goals and business priorities
• Maintain awareness of engineering health across all technology layers of the product — not just services
• Identify cross-layer risks, dependencies, and blockers; escalate proactively
• Know when to engage subject matter experts for other technology layers (iOS, Android, web, AEM, React Native) and facilitate collaboration to resolve cross-cutting concerns
• Ensure that backend services, APIs, and integrations support the needs of all client platforms cleanly
• Stay current with backend, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies
• Create archetypes of new technologies and techniques for others to learn from, including AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Drive adoption of modern patterns and tools across the services layer
REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
• 7+ years of software development/engineering experience
• 2+ years in a lead or technical leadership role
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture and design patterns
• Experience with Maven-based Spring/Spring Boot (reactive programming a plus)
• Proficiency with Docker/containers and Kubernetes with Kustomize
• Experience with GitOps workflows and Argo CD
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture
• Experience with Couchbase or other NoSQL databases
• Experience with GraphQL and API design
• Experience building customer-facing, large-scale distributed systems
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, eventual consistency, and event-driven architecture
• Hands-on, delivery-first mindset — primary value is shipping production code directly
• Demonstrated ability (or strong aptitude) to use AI coding agents to plan, generate, review, and integrate work at high throughput
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
• Proficiency with Agile methodologies and SDLC best practices
• Strong end-to-end accountability and a track record of taking delivery fully to completion
• Clear ownership mindset — not someone who leaves delivery responsibility with another organization
• Experience supervising a thin near/offshore team with partial bandwidth and driving work through closure across distributed teams
• Scope control and management
PREFERRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE
• Experience with reactive programming (WebFlux, Project Reactor) and non-blocking I/O
• Experience with API gateway architecture (Apigee or equivalent)
• Experience with NoSQL and relational databases and stored procedure design
• Experience with vendor oversight and third-party partner management
• Familiarity with both web and mobile solution development
• Experience with AI-assisted development tooling (coding agents, LLM-based code generation and review)
TRAVEL REQUIREMENT
• None
** No 3rd party vendors ** Unable to sponsor H1-B visas **
Please refer to position: 101226SEL - Services Engineering Lead: $98/hr in the subject line of all correspondence.
Please select the "Apply Now" button. We look forward to reviewing your resume and speaking with you personally.