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#119768-TechLead,Java/SpringBoot&ReactProductionPlatform
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“#119768 - Tech Lead, Java/Spring Boot & React Production Platform at Lifted, an Upwork Company™. Skills: Java, Spring Boot, React, Production Platform. Analyze, triage, and resolve production issues. Debug issues across layers”
What You'll Achieve.
Meet established SLAs
Industry & Context.
Diagnosing and resolving production issues; Manage ambiguity; Use data to troubleshoot production issues
Candidates must be located in LATAM, Must have meaningful overlap with U. S. business hours, 40 hours per week, Contract engagement through March 31, 2027
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years of professional software engineering experience, Java and Spring Boot experience, Django and Python experience, React experience, Kafka experience, GraphQL experience, Experience with SQL or MongoDB, Build and deployment experience, Experience troubleshooting live production systems, Experience handling support tickets, incident triage, or SLA-driven production issues, Ability to work independently, take initiative, and operate with a high level of ownership, Ability to ramp quickly and assume ownership across multiple projects, Technical leadership experience, Experience overseeing, coordinating, shepherding, or onboarding other engineers, Ability to manage ambiguity and make sound prioritization decisions, Clear and concise communication skills, Strategic thinking and prioritization skills, Ability to use data to troubleshoot production issues, Experience with at least one of the following: Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena
Nice to Have
Enterprise experience strongly preferred, Product management experience or experience working with go-to-market teams and engineers on prioritization, Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf
What You'll Do.
and resolve production issues
Debug issues across layers
Respond to production alerts
Ensure issues resolved timely
Support architecture changes
Provide technical leadership
Coordinate technical work
Use data to troubleshoot
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Coordinate across engineering and client-facing teams; Work closely with client-facing support and go-to-market teams; Provide onboarding support and shepherding for other engineers; Coordinate technical work across multiple projects
Communication Scope
Clear and concise communication skills
Process & Methodology
Help lead a group of engineers, Help the team prioritize effectively, Make sound prioritization decisions
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Tech Lead to support a live, production event-management platform used for high-volume hiring events. This role is focused on diagnosing and resolving production issues, supporting active events, coordinating across engineering and client-facing teams, and helping lead a group of engineers through onboarding, ownership, and delivery. This is a hands-on technical leadership role. The right candidate will be a senior-level engineer who can ramp quickly, work independently, manage ambiguity, take ownership of production issues, and help guide other engineers without requiring close direction. Enterprise experience strongly preferred. Key Responsibilities - Analyze, triage, and resolve production issues related to live hiring events. - Debug issues across backend, frontend, data, and integration layers. - Work closely with client-facing support and go-to-market teams to understand, prioritize, and resolve support tickets. - Respond quickly to production alerts, system degradation, or performance issues. - Ensure issues are resolved in a timely manner to meet established SLAs. - Support architecture changes and system integrations that impact event-management workflows. - Maintain and update event logic as dependencies, integrations, and systems change. - Own code changes from investigation through merge and deployment. - Provide technical leadership, onboarding support, and shepherding for other engineers. - Coordinate technical work across multiple projects and help the team prioritize effectively. - Use data to troubleshoot production issues and guide resolution. ## Qualifications Must-Have Skills - 7+ years of professional software engineering experience. - Strong Java and Spring Boot experience, especially for backend services. - Django and Python experience for backend application development. - React experience for frontend application development. - Kafka experience for backend or event-driven systems. - GraphQL experience. - Experience with SQL
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