Type: contract to hire convert at 140-150k - NO SPONSORSHIP
Location: Miami 4x a week and remote on Friday < must be onsite by day 1
$70/hr - W2 Max
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers working on backend services and APIs - 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
Services Development & Implementation
- 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
Quality & Testing
- 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
Team Leadership & Mentoring
- Mentor engineers and conduct code reviews to drive engineering best practices - Guide teams in distributed system design, microservice patterns, and reactive programming - Foster continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling, and workflows - Collaborate with product, design, and delivery teams; act as technical liaison to business stakeholders
Product-Level Engineering Oversight
- 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
Innovation & Continuous Learning
- Stay current with backend, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies - Create archetypes of new technologies and techniques for others to learn from - 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 - Strong communication skills and ability to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams - Proficiency with Agile methodologies and SDLC best practices as defined by Royal Caribbean Group - 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 - Solid experience working with offshore teams and driving work through closure across distributed teams - Scope control and management
Desired Skills
- 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
Information
Locations Position Open to Only localsIndustry OthersStatus OpenJob Age 10 Day'sCreated Date 04/21/2026No.of Positions 1Duration 6Zip Code
