Boot – Technical Specialist; Hands-On Sme

Funto Network IT Consulting

Empowering Businesses with Innovative IT Solutions

Position:
Spring Boot Technical Specialist (Hands‑on SME)

Department:
Software Development – Center of Excellence

Location:

San Leandro, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)

Type:
Contract, Full‑Time (40+ hours/week)

Reports To:

Engagement Manager (Funto Network) / Client Chief Architect

Tech Stack:
Spring Boot, Java 17+, Mongo

DB, Oracle, Kafka, Kubernetes, Open Shift (OCP), BDD, Git Copilot, AI Tools

Regional Strategy:
East Bay Engineering Center of Excellence

This role is a senior subject matter expert position embedded at a premier client site in San Leandro, CA. The client is building a next‑generation, cloud‑native platform and requires a deep specialist in Spring Boot who can serve as the go‑to authority for architecture, design, and complex problem resolution. This is not a traditional architect role – we need a hands‑on SME who writes code daily, mentors engineers, and drives technical excellence.

The East Bay location offers a collaborative, enterprise‑focused environment with close proximity to client executives and engineering leadership.

• Must reside within reasonable daily commute to San Leandro, CA (East Bay). Local candidates only.

• Define technical strategy for a flagship platform.
• Influence tooling, frameworks, and developer productivity.
• Work with emerging technologies (Git Copilot, AI‑assisted development).

Our Technical Specialist practice embeds elite engineers into client organizations to solve their most challenging technical problems. These individuals are recognized experts in their domain, combining deep product knowledge with strong communication skills and a consultancy mindset. As a Spring Boot Technical Specialist, you will be trusted to make critical architectural decisions, conduct design reviews, and elevate the overall engineering capability of the client team.

We are seeking a 15+ year veteran with unparalleled expertise in Spring Boot and the Java ecosystem to join a high‑performing team modernizing a mission‑critical financial platform. You will work alongside architects, developers, and Dev Ops engineers to define and implement best practices for Spring Boot microservices, container orchestration on Open Shift, event streaming with Kafka, and polyglot persistence (Mongo

DB + Oracle). You will champion Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD) and leverage AI tools (Git Copilot) to accelerate development. This role requires a hands‑on contributor who is comfortable coding, debugging, and prototyping, not just diagramming. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you will interface with client leadership and present technical recommendations.

• Technical Leadership:
  Serve as the primary subject matter expert for Spring Boot and related technologies.
• Hands‑on Development:
  Write high‑quality, production‑ready code; lead by example.
• Architecture & Design:
  Define microservice boundaries, API contracts, data models, and integration patterns.
• Mentoring:
  Coach and mentor junior and senior developers through pair programming, code reviews, and brown‑bag sessions.
• Framework Standardisation:
  Establish coding standards, project templates, and reusable libraries.
• Performance Tuning:
  Optimize Spring Boot applications for low latency and high throughput.
• Dev Ops Integration:
  Collaborate with platform teams to refine Open Shift deployment strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring.
• Innovation:
  Evaluate and introduce new tools, including Git Copilot, AI‑assisted development, and advanced BDD frameworks.
• Documentation:
  Produce architectural decision records (ADRs), runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
• Client Advisory:
  Partner with client architects to align technical direction with business goals.

Minimum 15 years of professional software development experience, with at least 10 years focused on Spring / Spring Boot in enterprise environments.

• Java:
  Expert in Java 17+ (records, sealed classes, pattern matching, streams).
• Spring Boot:
  Deep mastery of Spring Boot…