Lead Java Developer/Architect

gravity9 is a boutique IT consulting company headquartered in the UK with offices in the US, Canada, and Poland. Our team has deep experience in engineering, experience design and product management. We enjoy a challenge and pride ourselves on working with our clients on their most complex problems, finding elegant and flexible solutions that help them transform their businesses.

Join Our Growing Team - Future Opportunities Await!

We are excited to share that our company is experiencing significant growth and expansion, and as a result, we're on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.

We want to be upfront about our hiring process. At this moment, we are in the process of securing projects that align with our business goals and objectives. Our intention is to ensure that once we bring new team members on board, they will have a meaningful and impactful role to play from day one. While we might not be able to extend an offer immediately, we are highly interested in considering you for these future projects.

If you're open to the idea of potentially joining our team in the future, we encourage you to continue with our interview process. We value your time and effort and believe that getting to know you better will help us make an informed decision.

Once you have effectively concluded the entire recruitment procedure, we will retain your profile and reach out to you once a suitable opportunity emerges. Additional interviews will not be necessary at this stage, and we anticipate being able to extend an offer to you promptly.

What does the recruitment process look like?

1. Recruiter Screen

In the first call, our recruiter will learn more about you and your story to check a potential fit for gravity9. This is also an opportunity to ask your questions about the role and company. This step might take around 60 mins.

2. Tech 1 Interview with our software consultants

In this meeting your potential future teammate will take a deeper dive into your experience and what you could bring to the team.

This step will take around 90 mins.

3. Tech 2 Interview with our tech leads

In this meeting your potential future teammate will take a deeper dive into your experience and what you could bring to the team.

This step will take around 90 mins.

4. Final Interview

You made it to the very last stage! Here we already strive to cooperate with you and give you an opportunity to meet our leadership team during this informal talk. This step will take around 30 mins.

Role Description

We are in search of an individual capable of spearheading interactions with our clients. This position entails serving as the primary contact with the accountability for delivery, fostering client relationships, and supervising the team responsible for the tasks. The responsibilities also include technical leadership, getting your hands dirty with code, and effective stakeholder management through close collaboration with clients. Throughout the engagement, the role requires working closely with the client's internal staff and product teams, serving as their strategic delivery partner and trusted advisor.

We believe small, multi-disciplinary teams are most effective in delivering complex change of this nature. As such, this is a crucial role and will require flexibility and the ability to take on different responsibilities over the lifetime of the engagement.

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Interaction with stakeholders, ensuring expectations are managed and business goals are understood

• Accountable for the design of the solutions

• Overseeing and managing development teams

• At least 50% hands-on coding in Java, Node.js, OR Python

• Occasional business travel in North America

Role requirements - technical skills and experience

This position is well-suited for a seasoned Technical Lead with a background in leading client-facing engagements.

Must-have requirements:

• Experience in designing and building custom medium/large AND/OR enterprise applications for external clients

• Expert in Java

• Experience in AWS

• Experience in MongoDB OR another NoSQL databses

• Experience in microservices architecture

• Experience in Python AND/OR Node.js

• Team leading and overseeing delivery of a few distributed teams

• Knowledge of utilizing AI-assisted development tools (such as Claude Code) to accelerate and streamline development and everyday task

Nice-to-have requirements:

• Experience in Data Migrations

• Experience in Kafka (or similar technology)

• AWS Professional Certifications

Role requirements - soft skills

Key attributes and behaviours to succeed in this role will be:

• Delivery focus - strong analysis and problem-solving skills. Ability to evaluate, design and implement effective solutions. Flexibility to adapt skills to a spectrum of client engagements, use cases and modes of change delivery

• Strong consultant - good at listening and asking questions. Ability to see issues from different perspectives and communicate well

• Exemplary standards of personal integrity and respect for others – professional approach to all aspects of client engagement and collaborative team working, able to quickly build relationships based on trust and transparency. Strong presentation and written and verbal communication are essential given the client facing nature of the role

• Value driven - Creative thinking, with aptitude for innovation and strong desire to exceed client expectations

• Energy – positive attitude and determination to learn and succeed

While this is a fully remote position, physical residence in Canada is required.