Full Stack Developer
Hudson Manpower
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Hybrid
2026-06-20
Typical pay for this role in Chicago
$92K - $164K
Low
$92K
Median
$127K
High
$164K
Official salary benchmark · BLS OEWS 2025
Job description
Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team focused on building and optimizing scalable, high-throughput enterprise systems. This role is ideal for a senior engineer with deep Core Java expertise and strong experience designing and supporting distributed systems where performance, reliability, resiliency, and scalability are mission-critical. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and optimize high-performance Core Java applications. Lead architecture discussions around scalability, throughput, latency, and resiliency. Analyze, troubleshoot, and improve application performance across distributed environments. Develop optimized, maintainable, and scalable software components and unit tests. Conduct code reviews and identify opportunities for optimization and risk mitigation. Support deployments, release management, and production stability initiatives. Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve complex technical challenges. Tune applications for multi-threaded and high-concurrency environments. Drive engineering best practices, design patterns, and continuous improvement initiatives. Lead technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams.
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