Engineering Lead - (Java & API Automation)

  • Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Contract
  • INC Super

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Engineering Lead to lead a team of nine engineers delivering an AI-enabled automated patching and remediation capability across a large enterprise microservices environment.

You’ll lead the initial pilot before scaling the solution across 250+ Java/Spring Boot APIs, combining hands-on engineering leadership with AI-assisted development, automated testing, vulnerability remediation and modern DevOps practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Engineering Lead who wants to work at the intersection of AI, Java/Spring Boot, API engineering and automation.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead a team of nine engineers delivering an automated API patching factory.
  • Drive AI-first engineering practices across development, testing, code review and documentation.
  • Scale automated patching and remediation across 250+ microservice APIs.
  • Build reusable regression testing and automated quality frameworks.
  • Automate Spring Boot dependency and security patching using Renovate.
  • Lead remaining Spring Boot 3 to Spring Boot 4 migrations.
  • Establish engineering standards across development, testing, security and CI/CD.
  • Provide hands-on technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot, APIs, AI and automation.
  • Mentor engineers and work closely with architecture, SRE, testing and delivery teams.

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong Engineering Lead / Technical Lead experience in complex enterprise environments.
  • Deep hands-on Java and Spring Boot expertise.
  • Strong microservices, REST API and integration experience.
  • Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-based microservice environments.
  • Practical experience using AI coding assistants throughout the software engineering lifecycle.
  • Strong understanding of automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps and observability.
  • Experience with event streaming and real-time integration.
  • Strong technical design capability and experience establishing engineering standards.
  • Experience with Renovate, automated dependency management or vulnerability remediation would be highly regarded.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to lead both onshore and offshore engineering teams.

Contract Details

  • Contract: 6 months
  • Location: Brisbane / Southbank
  • Rate: $950-$982 per day including super
  • Environment: Large-scale enterprise integration and microservices environment
  • Scope: Lead a team of nine engineers across an estate of 250+ APIs

Benefits

  • Lead a highly visible AI-first engineering and automation initiative.
  • Take technical ownership of a large-scale 250+ API ecosystem.
  • Work hands-on with Java, Spring Boot, AI-assisted engineering and automation.
  • Lead and mentor an experienced engineering team.
  • Drive modern engineering standards across testing, security, CI/CD and API development.
  • Work on a program with tangible outcomes across security remediation, automation, and software quality.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a technically challenging initiative focused on automating the security, maintenance and quality of a large enterprise API environment.

If you’re a hands-on Engineering Lead with strong Java/Spring Boot foundations who is genuinely using AI and automation to improve software engineering at scale,

Apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.comfor a confidential discussion.

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