Software Engineer (Java / Spring Boot / React) - SWE 26-01273

Job Title: Software Engineer (Java / Spring Boot / React)

Location: Annapolis, MD (Hybrid)

Work Schedule:

• First 6 months: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote

• After 6 months: Potential for 2 days onsite / 3 days remote

Duration: Long-term contract (5 years)

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Key Responsibilities

<>Design & Development

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable enterprise applications.

• Apply event-driven architecture principles to build resilient and loosely coupled systems.

• Develop and maintain microservices using Spring Boot and related Spring frameworks.

• Build responsive, maintainable user interfaces using React.

• Provide hands-on expertise with PrimeFaces 6.x+ and JavaServer Faces (JSF), including component customization and integration.

<>Messaging & Integration

• Implement message-based communication using RabbitMQ.

• If Kafka experience is present, demonstrate understanding of architectural and operational differences between Kafka and RabbitMQ.

• Develop message producers, consumers, routing logic, and integration components.

<>Deployment & Infrastructure

• Deploy applications to Kubernetes using automated CI/CD pipelines.

• Monitor and troubleshoot production environments to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Perform performance tuning and scalability optimizations across application and infrastructure layers.

<>Quality Assurance

• Write unit tests with a target of 85% or higher code coverage.

• Participate in peer code reviews to uphold coding standards and best practices.

• Conduct system testing, debugging, and validation activities.

<>Documentation & Communication

• Create technical specifications, architecture documentation, and design decision records.

• Develop sequence diagrams for major use cases.

• Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to ensure alignment on requirements and deliverables.

<>Reporting

• Submit weekly activity, status, and time reports using prescribed formats.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Strong experience with:

  • Core Java development

  • Spring Boot and Spring frameworks

  • React

  • Microservices architecture

  • Event-driven architecture

  • Kubernetes

  • Message queuing / event streaming

  • PrimeFaces 6.x+

  • JavaServer Faces (JSF)

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Required Experience

• Event-driven application design

• Java concurrency, collections, and JVM fundamentals

• RESTful APIs and integration patterns

• Relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)

• Application monitoring and performance tuning (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

• Secure coding practices including authentication and authorization

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Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of core Java development experience

• 4+ years with Spring Boot

• 4+ years developing front-end applications using React

• 4+ years implementing message queuing/event streaming with RabbitMQ

• Experience with Elasticsearch

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)

• Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated build processes

• Experience with Angular (as an alternative front-end framework)

• Docker