Posted August 19, 2026
Vice President - Full Stack Engineer
VTEKIS CONSULTING LLC
Pittsburgh, PA, US
Full Time
140000USD - 150000USD per year
Job Description
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Angular
- Build and operate cloud-native microservices deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Architect highly available, scalable, and low-latency distributed systems
- Implement resiliency patterns, including circuit breakers, retries, back-pressure, and graceful degradation
- Develop and integrate event-driven systems using Kafka or similar streaming technologies
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services
- Ensure security-by-design practices aligned with modern DevSecOps principles
- Contribute to monitoring, observability, and reliability practices, including APM, metrics, logs, SLOs, and error budgets
- Collaborate with architecture, product, and platform engineering teams
- Drive software quality through TDD, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines
Required Technical Skills
Backend Technologies
- Java (17+/21)
- Spring Boot
- Microservices Architecture
Frontend Technologies
- Angular (Preferred) or React
Cloud & Infrastructure
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Containers & Orchestration Technologies
Data & Streaming
- Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms
AI-Enabled Engineering Experience (Required)
Candidates must demonstrate practical use of AI-assisted development tools within their engineering workflow, including:
- AI-assisted code generation and refactoring
- Automated test generation and validation
- Debugging and reviewing AI-generated code
This capability will be evaluated during the interview process.
Security & Compliance
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles
- Experience implementing secure coding practices
- Experience with secrets management
- Familiarity with compliance guardrails in regulated environments
Basic Qualifications
- 5–9 years of software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture
- Experience building distributed, high-throughput systems
- Hands-on experience with Azure AKS or similar container platforms
- Strong system design and problem-solving abilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with event-driven architecture and Kafka
- Background in financial services or other regulated industries
- Experience with performance optimization and system profiling
- Experience working within fast-paced Agile delivery environments
