Modernization Staff Engineer

What You Will Own
· Build reference code and reusable patterns for Spring Boot services, Angular migration, testing, observability, and deployment.
· Pair with pods on the first implementation of complex or high-risk modernization patterns.
· Help sequence modernization into small releases with explicit rollback and compatibility plans.
· Identify repeated migration friction and improve shared libraries, tooling, documentation, or architecture guidance.
· Review modernization code and coach engineers moving from legacy Java EE and JSF patterns.
· Partner with the Principal Architect and Data and Platform Principal on service and data separation.
· Track practical modernization progress such as retired components, reduced coupling, and adoption of approved patterns.
What You Bring
· 10+ years of hands-on Java engineering.
· Experience leading a substantial migration from Java EE or another legacy enterprise stack to modern services.
· Deep Spring Boot expertise and strong working knowledge of modern Angular.
· Experience with automated testing, containers, CI/CD, observability, and production migration controls.
· Ability to move between architecture, code, debugging, mentoring, and delivery planning.
· Credibility in both legacy code and modern engineering patterns.
What Sets You Apart
· You have personally delivered incremental strangler migrations on a live product.
· You create patterns that multiple teams can adopt without ongoing dependence on you.
· You balance modernization value against client commitments and operational risk.
Success in This Role
· Pods adopt consistent modernization patterns and need less specialist intervention over time.
· Modern components reach production safely and legacy components are retired deliberately.
· Modernization becomes part of normal pod delivery rather than a separate program queue.

Work arrangement
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