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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

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