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: $1000 – $1100 per day including super – (strong possibility for contract extension)
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 ***email_hidden*** for a confidential discussion.

Engineering Lead - (Java & API Automation)

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