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Senior Technical Expert Java
Stermedia
Contract type
Freelance
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
A Senior Technical Expert role at Stermedia, serving as the technical cornerstone of a Data Marketplace platform built on Data Mesh principles. The role guides the architecture's evolution from a modular monolith to microservices and leads development with a modern Java/AWS stack.
At a glance
- Employment
- Independent contractor
- Work mode
- Remote
- Pay
- PLN 22,000 – 33,000 / month
What you'll do
- Lead the strategic transition from a modular monolith to microservices, ensuring domain boundaries are respected and performance remains high
- Take ownership of the development of new components and ideas while cooperating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver end-to-end experiences to End Users
- Write clean, high-performance code using Java 21+ features (Virtual Threads, Pattern Matching) to handle complex data transactions
- Work on the roadmap to integrate AI/LLM capabilities into the search engine (Sinequa), enabling users to explore data assets via natural language and intelligent discovery
- Oversee the polyglot persistence layer, optimizing PostgreSQL for relational integrity and MongoDB for flexible metadata storage
- Design and maintain scalable infrastructure within AWS, ensuring CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies are best-in-class
- Act as a force-multiplier for the team, conducting rigorous code reviews and setting the standard for technical excellence
- Refine the modular boundaries of the current Java 21 application and deliver scalable and extensible transaction modules enabling Request-to-Use processes within the DataMarketPlace
- Orchestrate the consolidation of existing Marketplace ecosystems into DataMarketPlace, onboarding tens of thousands of assets and thousands of users
- Integrate AI-driven exploration features atop the Sinequa search layer
What we're looking for
- Strong experience with modern Java (21+) and Spring Boot 3.x
- Hands-on experience with messaging technologies, ideally Solace
- Good understanding of SPA architecture and frontend development with Angular and TypeScript
- Familiarity with integration patterns and enterprise networking
- Solid architectural knowledge, including modular monoliths, microservices, Data Mesh, and Domain-Driven Design
- Experience working with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and search platforms such as Sinequa
- Practical experience with AWS services, including EC2, RDS, Lambda, and EKS
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
- A technical visionary who anticipates where the architecture will break two years from now
- Data-centric, understanding that in a Data Mesh the product is the data itself, caring about metadata, lineage, and discoverability
- User-centered, caring about the end user experience and able to cooperate with UX and Frontend developers
- A pragmatic architect who knows when to stick with a monolith for speed and when the swell justifies a move to microservices
- AI curious, excited about moving beyond keyword search into semantic search and AI-driven data exploration
Your team
Data Marketplace
A platform built on Data Mesh principles providing a shop-for-data experience and FAIR data access to Digital Assets across the organization.
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