Senior Java/AWS Engineer - Local to Chicago

Post Date

Jun 02, 2026

Location

Chicago,
Illinois

ZIP/Postal Code

60661
US
Aug 04, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Programmer / Developer

Req #

CHI-1d229ce4-0e91-49ab-b9d3-edaa8f3e891f

Pay Rate

$68 - $85 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

- •10+ years or more of experience, specializing in Java/AWS backend development. Do not want heavy full stack resumes.
- Experience with AI tools is a BIG PLUS**
- Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
- Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
- Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
- Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD, etc
- Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
- Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following:
- Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ.
- Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs
- Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible o Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.
- Hands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and Selenium and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
- Datastores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle. o Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc
- Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms

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Required Skills & Experience

Hybrid Onsite
Must be already living/local to Chicago- the final interview will be onsite for 1 hour.
Work environment:
- Hybrid onsite in Chicago; will need to go into office 2x a week ; this role could change where they need to go in office days a week, so please make sure your candidate(s) are fully good with that as well.
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering or related field is required w/ 10+ years’ experience needed
- Master’s degree with 8+ years’ experience

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.