Lead Java Engineer

Ciklum is looking for a Lead Java Engineer to join our team in Brazil.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Lead Java Engineer you'll become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experience of tomorrow. Together, we will work on the project for our client, Tango Analytics, helping businesses make smarter decisions through powerful technology, insightful data, and commercial real estate software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Define, evolve, and own the application and platform architecture, including service boundaries, integration patterns, data modeling, and API standards
• Lead architecture reviews and influence product roadmaps to balance rapid delivery with long-term simplicity, performance, and maintainability
• Evaluate and responsibly introduce new technologies, establish best practices in design, CI/CD, secure coding, and create reference implementations
• Partner across teams to solve complex technical challenges, including system modernization, performance tuning, data migrations, and distributed systems
• Guide technical strategy for multi-region global cloud deployments (DR, availability, observability) and support FedRAMP/regulated environment compliance
• Mentor and coach engineers across teams, lead architecture guilds, and build learning mechanisms to raise the technical bar across the organization

Requirements:

• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, with at least 5 years operating in senior technical leadership or expert roles within B2B SaaS environments
• Strong multi-stack technical proficiency across Java/J2EE, relational databases (Oracle, Postgres), major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), and modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue.js)
• Proven track record of architecture leadership, strong systems design skills (scalability, reliability, data consistency), and driving alignment across teams
• Hands-on experience with global cloud operations at scale and navigating FedRAMP or comparable regulated compliance frameworks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a history of writing design docs and mentoring engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Desirable:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Experience designing shared services (auth/identity, platform APIs) and leveraging Kubernetes, service meshes, or platform developer tools
• Experience leading large-scale modernizations of legacy Java/J2EE applications
• Background or domain knowledge in commercial real estate software

Personal skills:

• Strong pragmatic mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and make clear, durable technical trade-offs
• Exceptional influence and collaboration skills to build alignment across product, engineering, and executive leadership
• Active mentor and teacher passionate about continuous learning, engineering quality, and team development

What’s in it for you?

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance and mental health programs, 5 undocumented sick-leave days per year
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Long-term employment with 20 working-days paid vacation and local bank holidays
• Flexibility: 100% remote work mode
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

As we expand into Latin America, every Ciklumer is helping to shape our story. Collaborate with seasoned experts and make a global impact backed by two decades of industry leadership.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.