Principal Java Engineer

Job overview

The Principal Java Engineer role is hybrid in New Jersey, as indicated by the listing. Compensation is not specified. The role provides hands-on technical leadership for large-scale enterprise application design, development, and modernization. The engineer defines technical direction, solves complex engineering challenges, and mentors development teams. The role contributes to scalable, secure, cloud-native systems through architecture, critical code development, modernization, integration, and engineering practices across multiple squads.

What you'll do

• Lead technical work on Java, Spring Boot, and microservices applications
• design distributed systems
• contribute to architecture and critical code
• define reusable frameworks and coding standards
• modernize legacy applications
• design REST APIs and event-driven services
• guide technical decisions
• support cloud-native development, CI/CD, testing, security, performance, and observability
• troubleshoot production issues
• mentor engineers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal java engineer

new jersey

q1 technologies

hybrid

java

spring boot

microservices

distributed systems

rest apis

kafka

docker

kubernetes

cloud-native engineering

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The description lists 12 years of software engineering experience and also states 8–10 years under experience required. Preferred skills include AKS/EKS, Terraform, Redis, MongoDB, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, observability tools, and AI-assisted engineering.

About the employer

Q1 Technologies, Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.