A Los Angeles brand name company changing the game in technology within merchandising and retail is looking to add on a Lead or Principal Java Engineer to help grow an engineering team. This person should be passionate about working in an Agile environment and working with Test Driven Development. They are building an internal AIML based platform that will work as a supply chain platform for their entire engineering team. This is an opportunity to be dealing with complex problems such as high volume and scalability – but you have to be ready to get your hands dirty as well, there will be some hands on development and heavy architecture. This is the ultimate best of both worlds, working with the latest technologies, dealing with complex problems, in an agile start up environment combined with the stability of a large organization with great work and life balance. 6 months+ contract to hire. This role could also serve as a 2 year long-term contract role Required Skills Experience 8 years+ of hands on software development experience 2 years+ of software management experience Proficiency with Architecture and design patterns Experience with both Java and .Net ideally Proficiency with Agile development Strong Computer Science fundamentals Experience with Algorithms and data structures Desired Skills Experience Experience with Angular.js and MongoDB a huge plus! Ability to understand complex technical issues and facilitate resolution Experience with retail or finance industry is a huge plus! Scrum Master certification a huge plus! Experience with BIBig DataAnalytics experience a huge plus What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown 70 JavaSpringSpring Boot 30 DockerAzure (or AWS)ElasticSearch Daily Responsibilities 80 Hands On 20 Team Collaboration The Offer Competitive Pay Up to 90hour, DOE Contract Duration 3 – 6 Months You will receive the following benefits Medical Insurance Health Savings Account (HSA) 401(k) Paid Sick Time Leave Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.