Services Engineering Lead: $98/hr

Services Engineering Lead: $98/hr Position Now Available At Infonet Consulting Group Services Engineering Lead: $98/hr Apply Now! Job Code: 101226SEL Posted: 12-Oct-26 Location: Miami (Remote Possible), FL Position Type: Full-time, Contract - Corp-to-Corp, Contract - Independent, Contract - W2 Rate: $98/hr 1099/Corp-to-Corp or $91/hr-W2 Job Length: 12 Months Telecommuting: Not Available Travel: None Job Description One of Infonet's premier clients has an opening for a Services Engineering Lead. (1595) TERMS : Contract SCOPE OF WORK • Personally deliver production backend services and APIs as the primary mode of work • Architect, design, and implement scalable microservices and distributed systems for cloud and on-premise deployment • Create technical design specifications and translate high-level architecture into working software and documentation • Evaluate new technologies and practices for potential use by the engineering organization • Author and evangelize engineering standards and best practices across teams • Design and develop DevOps best practices for the services layer • Operate as a **lead of AI agents**: plan, decompose, and delegate implementation tasks to AI coding agents, then review, correct, and integrate their output to completion • Use agentic tooling to multiply personal delivery throughput across microservices, integrations, and infrastructure-as-code work • Apply strong engineering judgment to validate AI-generated code against architecture, security, performance, and quality standards before it ships • Establish effective prompting, context-engineering, and verification patterns so AI-driven work remains correct, maintainable, and production-ready • Own end-to-end accountability for all delivered work regardless of whether it originated from the lead directly, an AI agent, or the supervised team • Lead design and development of Java/Spring Boot microservices and systems integrations • Architect APIs using GraphQL and modern integration patterns • Build and support event-driven architectures using Kafka and messaging patterns • Implement reactive programming patterns (WebFlux, Project Reactor) and non-blocking I/O • Manage container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes with Kustomize • Design and maintain GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipeline architecture using Argo CD • Design and operate Couchbase and NoSQL database solutions for high-performance, distributed data access • Work with relational databases and stored procedures as needed • Participate in testing and certification processes • Monitor system and application performance; perform predictive maintenance • Ensure systems are stable and performing per SLAs • Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and security • With partial bandwidth, lead a thin near-shore + offshore team and supervise the work they deliver • Direct, review, and integrate team contributions; conduct code reviews to drive engineering best practices • Guide the team in distributed system design, microservice patterns, and reactive programming • Set clear, well-scoped tasks and verify completion to standard across the distributed team • Collaborate with product, design, and delivery teams; act as technical liaison to business stakeholders • Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, backlog refinement) to ensure overall engineering progress aligns with roadmaps and timelines • Ensure that the team is meeting product owner goals and business priorities • Maintain awareness of engineering health across all technology layers of the product — not just services • Identify cross-layer risks, dependencies, and blockers; escalate proactively • Know when to engage subject matter experts for other technology layers (iOS, Android, web, AEM, React Native) and facilitate collaboration to resolve cross-cutting concerns • Ensure that backend services, APIs, and integrations support the needs of all client platforms cleanly • Stay current with backend, distributed systems, and cloud-native technologies • Create archetypes of new technologies and techniques for others to learn from, including AI-assisted engineering workflows • Drive adoption of modern patterns and tools across the services layer REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE • 7+ years of software development/engineering experience • 2+ years in a lead or technical leadership role • Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservice architecture and design patterns • Experience with Maven-based Spring/Spring Boot (reactive programming a plus) • Proficiency with Docker/containers and Kubernetes with Kustomize • Experience with GitOps workflows and Argo CD • Experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture • Experience with Couchbase or other NoSQL databases • Experience with GraphQL and API design • Experience building customer-facing, large-scale distributed systems • Strong understanding of distributed systems, eventual consistency, and event-driven architecture • Hands-on, delivery-first mindset — primary value is shipping production code directly • Demonstrated ability (or strong aptitude) to use AI coding agents to plan, generate, review, and integrate work at high throughput • Strong communication skills and ability to work with senior leadership and cross-functional teams • Proficiency with Agile methodologies and SDLC best practices • Strong end-to-end accountability and a track record of taking delivery fully to completion • Clear ownership mindset — not someone who leaves delivery responsibility with another organization • Experience supervising a thin near/offshore team with partial bandwidth and driving work through closure across distributed teams • Scope control and management PREFERRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE • Experience with reactive programming (WebFlux, Project Reactor) and non-blocking I/O • Experience with API gateway architecture (Apigee or equivalent) • Experience with NoSQL and relational databases and stored