Java/J2EE Technical Lead
2 days ago• Houston, TX
Position Summary
Our Deloitte AI & Engineering team to transform technology platforms, drive innovation, and help make a significant impact on our clients' success. You'll work alongside talented professionals reimagining and reengineering operations and processes that are critical to businesses. Your contributions can help clients improve financial performance, accelerate new digital ventures, and fuel growth through innovation.
Work You'll Do
As a US Delivery Center Senior Solution Specialist on the team, you will:
Drive technical excellence and lead backend development efforts. In this role, you will guide a team of developers, ensure high standards of code quality, and play a key part in delivering scalable and robust enterprise solutions.
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- Champion code quality and build reusable applications by establishing and promoting best practices for maintainability.
- Conduct regular code reviews to ensure adherence to Java/J2EE standards and quality benchmarks.
- Mentor and guide developers, providing hands-on training and technical direction.
- Support developers in resolving technical blockers and dependencies to keep projects on track.
- Monitor and improve automated processes for code quality using tools like SonarQube.
- Proactively address bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells through continuous code analysis.
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including Daily Stand-Ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives.
- Collaborate in technical and functional elaboration sessions with business stakeholders and product owners.
- Lead story mapping for backend features and create/review acceptance criteria for user stories.
- Provide technical feedback and guidance for both backend and frontend development efforts.
- Communicate regularly with leadership, escalating coding challenges and resource constraints to the Engineering Manager.
- Foster a collaborative environment by working closely with other Development Leads and the Engineering Manager.
- Ensure consistency, reusability, and quality across all backend development efforts.
- Oversee code check-ins and snapshots, ensuring proper version control and seamless integration of team contributions.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and design patterns for scalable solutions.
- Help define and maintain the technical roadmap, aligning development activities with business goals.
- Provide accurate effort estimates for development tasks and assist with sprint planning.
- Identify technical risks early and propose mitigation strategies to minimize delivery impact.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions and communicate technical constraints to stakeholders.
- Support career growth of team members by identifying training needs and recommending learning opportunities.
- Encourage innovation, experimentation, and adoption of new tools and practices within the team.
- Oversee deployment processes, ensuring smooth releases and coordinating with DevOps/infrastructure teams.
- Ensure high-quality documentation for code, architecture, and processes to support maintainability and onboarding.
The Team
Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Our Industry Solutions clients seek verticalized solutions that transform how they sell products, deliver services, generate growth, and fulfill mission-critical operations. The Industry Solutions offering delivers integrated business expertise with repeatable scaled technology solutions that are specifically engineered for each sector's IndustryAdvantageTM.
This opportunity sits within our Deloitte US Delivery Center model, which is dedicated to driving impactful business services. It leverages Deloitte's scale and talent, as well as a center delivery model to provide high-quality, cost-effective service with standardized processes and procedures to service businesses across Deloitte.
The Deloitte US Delivery Center has a small-business feel with a big-business impact. With the resources of Deloitte and a community feel, the delivery center model provides high-quality services to our clients. USDC professionals work out of one of our specific delivery center locations, and each location presents dynamic career opportunities for professionals to focus on their work with nominal travel requirements.
Qualifications
Required:
- 10+ years of software development experience with strong background in Java/J2EE backend technologies
- Experience supporting Deloitte's BenefitsIQ programs and assets
- Bachelor's degree required
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
- Delivery Center Location & Travel Requirements:
- Hybrid Work Model: Operate under a hybrid system requiring residence within a commutable distance to one of the US Delivery Center locations (Gilbert, Lake Mary, or Mechanicsburg) or Geo-Hub location Houston.
- Co-location Expectation: Spend up to 30% of working time co-located at an assigned office for orchestrated opportunities, including projects, practice sessions, training, and Moments That Matter at a Deloitte Delivery Center location, Geo-Hub location, approved site, or project location
- Travel Requirement: Maximum of 10% overnight travel for client or project purposes
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Benefits
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Professional development
From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there's always room to learn. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership opportunities and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.
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Requisition code: 311152
Job ID 311152
Client-provided location(s): Houston, TX
Job ID: Deloitte-311152
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-09-06T19:00:50
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