Sr Engineering Manager, Full Stack (Java)

SR Engineering Manager, Full Stack (Java)

Quick Facts

• Experience: 12+ years
• Location: Nashville, TN (Remote)

Description

Principal-level engineering leader responsible for the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of cloud-native healthcare platforms. Own cloud-native enterprise application architecture using Java microservices and Python services, and drive modernization across distributed systems on Google Cloud. Mentor engineering teams and enforce engineering excellence through standards, governance, and scalable, secure delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of cloud-native enterprise applications using Java microservices and Python-based services.
• Own technical architecture decisions across distributed systems, microservices, service mesh, event-driven architecture, and platform modernization.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to ensure scalable, resilient, and secure designs.
• Drive adoption of Google Cloud Platform services including GKE, GCS, and VPC for highly available cloud-native applications.
• Lead Kubernetes-based deployment strategies, container orchestration, and infrastructure scalability initiatives.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, development best practices, code quality, security controls, and architecture governance.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architects, Engineering Leaders, and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions.
• Design and optimize data solutions leveraging PostgreSQL and Google Cloud Spanner.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code implementation using Terraform and Git-based DevOps workflows.
• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads and foster engineering growth across teams.
• Lead performance tuning, system optimization, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis in complex production environments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovation using AI-assisted engineering and cloud-native modernization.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps, platform strategy, and long-term architectural evolution.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise delivering enterprise-scale solutions.
• Deep expertise in Java microservices architecture and backend development in large-scale distributed environments.
• Strong hands-on Python development for enterprise and cloud-native applications.
• Extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GKE, GCS, VPC) and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Proven experience designing and implementing microservices, event-driven architectures, service mesh solutions, and distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native deployment strategies.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, technical governance, engineering standards, and platform modernization initiatives.
• Hands-on Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and source control using Git.
• Strong database expertise with PostgreSQL and Google Cloud Spanner.
• Experience leading engineering teams, mentoring developers, and driving technical delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Strong system design, scalability, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within Agile delivery frameworks and managing complex technical programs.
• Engineering degree (BE/ME/BTech/MTech/BSc/MSc); technical certifications desirable.

Benefits

• Lead cloud-native modernization for healthcare platforms and drive engineering excellence in distributed, secure architectures.
• Mentoring, governance, architecture ownership, and delivery leadership across multiple teams.