Senior Back End Developer

Overview

BigBear.ai is seeking a Backend Developer (Senior) to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

What you will do

• Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Mid-Level Java Developer will participate in the system architecture design, systems engineering, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life-cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java backend application involving extensive messaging and transaction processing
• Design and implement Micro Service Architecture for Cloud based software applications
• Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, Jira, and Atlassian Suites for design, development, and testing the software
• Present the solution at formal and informal design reviews, and document the design according to the Government's system lifecycle methodology

What you need to have

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 to 10 years of experience
• 9+ years of strong Java design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems
• Ability to diagnose problems and support production systems
• Experience working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS S3, DynanoDB, lambda etc
• Java Micro Service Architecture frameworks such as Spring Boot
• Experience with container platforms like Docker and Kubernetes
• SQL DBs (preferably Oracle) and strong SQL/JDBC skills is required for this position
• Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, Document DB, Cassandra etc.
• Messaging and Streaming Systems (Kafka, SQS ans Kinesis)
• XML/JSON
• Unix/Linux
• Experince with JPA/Hibernate
• Experience with building RESTful webservices and experience with query language based APIs like GraphQL
• Jenkins, Maven, Gitlab and Jira for CI/CD
• Demonstrated expertise in software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration)
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate rigorous Unit testing as part of development activities is essential

What we'd like you to have

• First-hand experience working with large project teams (working with the Federal Government a strong plus)
• Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to develop innovative solutions to software problems
• Ability to develop and maintain components with stringent performance requirements
• Agile development experience a plus
• IBM MQ , JMS, EJB, MDB and other JEE technologies
• JEE Server experience (WebLogicWebSphereJBOSSetc.)
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai's predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.

BigBear.ai is an Equal opportunity employer all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.