Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Showman Staffing, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! **Job Title:** **Lead** **Back-end** **development** **Experience: 6+yrs** **Location:** **New York, NY-** **Hybrid** **Job:** **Engagement Type: Full-time** **Role Overview & Context** **Mandatory Skills-Java, Kotlin, Rest API, BigData** **Good To Have Skills-** RPC **Primary Responsibilities** : - Lead the architectural decoupling of production management systems - Design and implement event-driven microservices using Kotlin - Scale and optimize multi-database solutions - Maintain and enhance React/TypeScript frontend components - Implement system monitoring and alerting **Technical Skills:** - Expert-level Kotlin development - Strong experience with event-driven architectures and message patterns - Advanced database expertise: - MySQL for transactional data - Neo4j for graph relationships - Cosmos DB for distributed data - Working knowledge of React/TypeScript for frontend contributions - Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers - Strong Azure cloud platform expertise, especially AKS - Experience with event streaming and message queues - Expertise in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) - Experience with Microsoft Entra ID integration - Proficiency with observability stack: - PrometheGrafana for monitoring - OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing - Tempo for trace analysis