129 lead java engineer jobs at 48 companies in Illinois
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Lead Java Software Engineer
United States or Chicago
$85k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering, 8+ years software development, proficiency with Java/Spring Boot, cloud/DevOps and observability tools, strong communication and problem-solving.
Java, Python, Spring Boot, MySQL, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, APM, Apache Camel, RabbitMq, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Jira, Confluence, Git, Angular, GitHub Copilot, Claude
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Lead Java Developer (Cloud)
Bloomington or Dunwoody or Richardson or Tempe
$81k-$142k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years building secure enterprise Java software; API design; AWS and Terraform; CI/CD with Gitlab; Docker/Kubernetes; secure coding and documentation skills.
Java, AWS, Terraform, Gitlab, Docker, Kubernetes, REST
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Mojo Trek/ Lead Java Software Engineer, JR312
Chicago, Illinois, United States
HybridFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's in CS/EE or related, 8+ years enterprise Java (Java 17+), Spring Boot, relational and NoSQL DB experience, REST API design, CI/CD (Jenkins), AWS services, messaging/event streaming, and leadership/mentoring experience.
Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring, OpenAPI (Swagger), Postman, Assertible, AWS IAM, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Lambda, AWS ALB, AWS NLB, AWS Fargate, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, AWS KMS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ, Jenkins
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Lead Software Engineer - Markets, Java, AWS, Spring Boot, Terraform
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$133k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in software engineering; experienced in Java, Spring/Springboot, Maven, Kafka; cloud (AWS) and CI/CD; data and analytics focus; leadership in engineering teams.
Java, Spring, Springboot, Maven, Kafka, React, AWS, Lambda, ECS, EC2, Terraform, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Python, Databricks, Spark, Cucumber, Testcontainers
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Process Engineer Lead
Minooka or Patterson or Los Angeles or Portland
$95k-$158k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in operations/engineering or STEM required, 5+ years process engineering, Lean/Six Sigma experience, CAD/Visio/Smartsheet/Microsoft Office proficiency, SQL/Python/Java/Scala preferred, up to 75% travel, onsite 3 days/week.
CAD, Visio, Smartsheet, Microsoft Office Suite, SQL, Python, Java, Scala
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Hybrid Software Engineer - Java (Mid/Lead Level)
Bloomington or Richardson
$94k-$135k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years Java and OO design experience; full-stack development skills, CI/CD, test automation, AWS, strong communication and mentoring ability.
Java, J2EE, Python, JavaScript, React, Node.js, SQL, SOAP/REST, Spring Framework, Splunk, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker, Karate, Cucumber, Codecept, AWS, Git
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Lead Software Engineer (Java, Spring boot, Microservices)
Cincinnati or Chicago
$127k-$149k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent,6+ years relevant experience; strong Java and Spring Boot skills; REST API and microservices experience; containerization, streaming, databases, CI/CD and cloud familiarity; strong communication and problem-solving.
Java, Spring Boot, REST-API, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, ReactJS, CI/CD, Cloud
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Android Developer Experience Lead
Holtsville or Lincolnshire or Austin or Kennesaw
$139k-$208k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOELead Android Developer Experience; 10+ years with Bachelor's or 7+ years with Advanced Degree; Android platform expertise; API/SDK design; Java and Kotlin proficiency.
Android Studio, Gradle, Java, Kotlin, APIs, SDKs
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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Java, Angular, AWS)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$209k-$239k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's degree, 6+ years software engineering experience, 1+ year cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP). Proficiency in JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python or Go, and experience with Docker, Kubernetes and AWS services.
JavaScript, Java, HTML/CSS, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate
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Lead DevOps Engineer
Virginia or Texas or Minnesota or Chicago or Coppell or Minneapolis or Tampa or Texas or Kennesaw or Denver or Houston or Indianapolis
$116k-$204k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years of software/DevOps/SRE experience, experience leading DevOps teams, cloud (Azure/AWS), IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD, scripting, and strong software development skills.
Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, AKS, EKS, Docker, Azure Functions, Python, .NET, Java, PowerShell, Bash, Git, CloudFormation, Azure DevOps, Travis CI, Azure, AWS
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Lead Data Engineer (New York) (Chicago, IL, US)
New York City or Chicago or London
$140k-$160k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE3+ Mgmt8+ years data engineering experience (3+ in lead role); expert Java and Springboot; hands-on with Apache Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, AWS services, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/ArgoCD); experience with AI/ML frameworks and Agentic AI integration.
Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Java, Springboot, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS EKS, GitHub Actions, Apache Airflow, GitHub, ArgoCD, JIRA, Confluence, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Playwright, Kafka, Datadog, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, AWS EMR, AWS Kinesis, AWS RDS
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MLOps Automation Senior Lead Engineer
Columbus or Austin or Chicago or Dallas or Detroit or Hagerstown or Houston or Akron or Charlotte or Indianapolis or Minneapolis or Cincinnati or Cleveland
$93k-$189k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years automation/software engineering experience, bachelor\u0002s degree or equivalent, strong coding skills (JavaScript, C++, Python, Java), CI/CD and automation experience (Jenkins, Artifactory, CircleCI, Ansible), cloud and container platform experience (AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes).
JavaScript, C++, Python, Java, Jenkins, Artifactory, CircleCI, Ansible, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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Lead Software Engineer - Remote
Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
$113k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering, 5+ years leading teams, cloud-native Java/Spring experience, Docker/Kubernetes, Azure/AWS, CI/CD, observability, AI prompt/agent engineering, production ownership.
Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, CI/CD, NCPDP
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Software Engineer Lead
Lisle, Illinois, United States
$112k-$168k/yr OnsiteFull Time
1+ YOE5+ years professional software engineering experience; expertise in frontend (React/Angular/Vue) and server-side languages (TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Ruby); cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP); Terraform; machine learning and data engineering experience preferred.
Azure, Terraform, React, Angular, Vue, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Ruby, AWS, GCP, NextJS, Tailwind, NestJS, Microsoft SQL Server, Apache Lucene, Jest
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Lead Data Engineer – Physical AI Platform, Data Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$128k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years data engineering experience, strong Python and SQL, AWS data services (Kinesis,S3,DynamoDB,EventBridge), CI/CD and observability (CloudWatch), experience designing scalable, event-driven data platforms.
Python, Java, Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SQL, Azure DevOps, Jira, Jenkins, CloudWatch, Helios Data Platform, CI/CD
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Lead Data Engineer – Physical AI Platform, Data Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$128k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years data engineering experience, Bachelor’s in CS or related, strong Python/Java and SQL skills, AWS data services experience, CI/CD and observability expertise, ability to lead teams and design scalable data platforms.
Python, Java, Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudWatch, SQL, Azure DevOps, Jira, Jenkins, Helios Data Platform
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Sr. Principal Manufacturing Test Engineer (RF Systems)
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
$136k-$204k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's in engineering with 8+ years (or Master's with 6+ years); experience leading electronics or aerospace test projects; test equipment/fixture design; C#, C++, Java, or C; ability to obtain Secret clearance; US citizenship required.
C#, C++, Java, C
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Sr. Staff Engineer - Digital Assets
San Francisco or Scottsdale or Chicago or New York
$175k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOELead architectural design for cross-border and digital asset payments; 12+ years in distributed systems; Docker; Java/Spring; cloud; SDLC experience.
Docker, Java, Spring, Kubernetes, Maven, Gradle, React, Angular, Kafka, Pub/Sub, AppDynamics
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Software Engineer Lead
Lisle, Illinois, United States
$112k-$168k/yr OnsiteFull Time
1+ YOEBachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience; 1–5+ years software engineering experience; expertise in frontend/backend languages, cloud platforms, Terraform, ML model development, and strong communication.
Terraform, Azure, AWS, GCP, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Ruby, React, Angular, Vue, NextJS, Tailwind, NestJS, SQLServer, Apache Lucene, Jest
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Lead AI Solutions Delivery Engineer
United States or Washington or California or Illinois or Colorado or Massachusetts or Minnesota or Maryland or New Jersey or New York or Ohio or District of Columbia or Alaska or Hawaii or Maine or Mississippi or North Dakota or South Dakota or Vermont or West Virginia or Wyoming
$138k-$266k/yr RemoteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related (or equivalent), 12+ years engineering/deployment experience, 1.5+ years implementing LLMs/GenAI, experience with Python/Java/C++, customer-facing POCs, and willingness to travel 25-50%.
Python, Java, C++, OpenAI, Microsoft CoPilot, Claude, Harvey, Legora, Docusign MCP Server, Docusign IAM Platform, Docusign Web Forms, APIs, LLMs
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