Lead Software Engineer - Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, OAuth, Kafka, Azure
Scope:
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of Blue Yonder's next-generation cloud-native Supply Chain Data Platform. The role involves architecting scalable, secure, and highly available microservices, collaborating with global product and engineering teams, and driving technical excellence across the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on development expertise with architecture, mentoring, and operational excellence.
Our current technical environment:
- Software: Java, Spring Boot, Gradle, Git, Hibernate, REST APIs, OAuth, GraphQL, Snowflake, Scala, Spark, Elasticsearch, NoSQL, RDBMS
- Application Architecture: Cloud-native, event-driven, secure multi-tenant microservices architecture with high scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance, and high availability
- Cloud Architecture: Microsoft Azure (AKS, ARM Templates, Azure AD, Application Gateway, Virtual Networks), Kubernetes, Docker, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD
- Frameworks/Others: Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Spring Boot, Hibernate, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, Spark, Ignite, Git, Gradle, DevOps, Infrastructure Automation
What you’ll do:
- Lead the architecture, design, and development of Blue Yonder's next-generation Supply Chain Data Platform using cloud-native microservices and event-driven architecture.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Professional Services, and global engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high-quality software solutions.
- Drive engineering excellence through clean code, architecture reviews, performance optimization, code reviews, CI/CD improvements, automation, and operational best practices.
- Mentor engineers, contribute to hiring, lead technical discussions, resolve production challenges through root cause analysis, and continuously improve platform reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
- Participate in the engineering on-call rotation, providing backend support, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvements to platform reliability
What we are looking for:
- 7 to 10 years of strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, OAuth, Kafka, Snowflake, and cloud-native application development on Microsoft Azure or similar cloud platforms.
- Proven experience designing and building scalable, resilient, multi-tenant SaaS platforms using distributed microservices, event-driven architecture, Kubernetes, Docker, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with Big Data and distributed technologies such as Snowflake, Spark, Scala, Elasticsearch, NoSQL/RDBMS, along with performance tuning and high-availability architectures.
- Strong technical leadership with experience in software architecture, secure coding, mentoring engineers, code reviews, stakeholder collaboration, Agile development, and driving continuous improvement across engineering teams.
- Well Versed with CI-CD and Agile , hands on with Github actions
- Experience with implementation of Event driven architecture using Kafka, Spark or similar technologies
Our Values
If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- 7-10 years hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs, OAuth, Kafka, Snowflake, and cloud-native development on Microsoft Azure
- Proven experience designing and building scalable, resilient, multi-tenant SaaS platforms using distributed microservices and event-driven architecture
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, container orchestration (AKS), and Infrastructure as Code for cloud deployments
- Experience with Big Data and distributed technologies such as Snowflake, Spark, Scala, Elasticsearch, and NoSQL/RDBMS
- Strong technical leadership skills: software architecture, secure coding, mentoring, code reviews, stakeholder collaboration, and Agile development
- Hands-on CI/CD experience and familiarity with GitHub Actions and DevOps practices
- Experience implementing event-driven architectures using Kafka, Spark, or similar technologies
- Willingness to participate in engineering on-call rotation and perform incident resolution and root cause analysis
Blue Yonder Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Blue Yonder and has not been reviewed or approved by Blue Yonder.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous or “unlimited” in the U.S., alongside paid holidays, sick time, and two paid volunteer days. These policies are often highlighted as strengths that support work–life balance.
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Flexible Benefits — Remote-work options and flexible arrangements are emphasized as part of the package. This flexibility is valued alongside compensation and can help offset middling pay for some roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are provided, with mental health/EAP support and HSA/FSA options referenced. These core coverages are portrayed as solid and comprehensive.
Blue Yonder Insights
What We Do
Blue Yonder is the world leader in digital supply chain and omni-channel commerce fulfillment. Our intelligent, end-to-end platform enables retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers to seamlessly predict, pivot and fulfill customer demand. With Blue Yonder, you can make more automated, profitable business decisions that deliver greater growth and re-imagined customer experiences. Blue Yonder - Fulfill your Potential Blue Yonder’s tagline “Fulfill Your Potential” reflects the company’s mission to empower every organization and person on the planet to fulfill their potential. Each day, our global teams of associates and business partners work together to accelerate global economic growth, increase sustainability and prosperity with a Sonoran Spirit.
