Java Developer (AWS, CI/CD)

Title : Java Developer (AWS, CI/CD)

Jersey City, NJ (Onsite All day in the office)

Long Term

Job Description (JD): Java Developer (AWS, CI/CD)

Role Summary

We are seeking a Java Developer with strong experience building scalable backend applications, deploying applications to AWS, and implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, with particular emphasis on Docker-based deployments and application deployment automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java/Spring Boot backend applications.
• Build and enhance RESTful APIs and/or event-driven services and integrate with databases and external systems.
• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines to automate application build, testing, security checks, packaging, and deployments.
• Containerize applications using Docker and manage Docker-based deployments across multiple environments.
• Deploy and operate applications on AWS, including containerized application deployments using ECS/EKS.
• Own and support the end-to-end application deployment lifecycle, including configuration, deployment validation, troubleshooting, rollback, and production support.
• Drive improvements in deployment automation, reliability, repeatability, and speed, reducing manual deployment activities.
• Troubleshoot CI/CD and application deployment failures, perform root-cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes.
• Write clean, maintainable code with strong unit/integration test coverage and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with application, platform, and DevOps teams to improve CI/CD and deployment standards and practices.
• Participate in Agile teams (planning, estimation, standups, retrospectives) and contribute to technical design.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience (or equivalent).
• Strong backend development experience in Java (Java 11+ preferred) and Spring Boot (or similar frameworks).
• Deep experience designing and developing REST APIs and backend services.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as:
• Compute/Containers: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda
• Storage/Data: S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB
• Networking/Security: VPC, IAM, Security Groups, KMS
• Observability: CloudWatch (logs/metrics/alarms)
• Strong hands-on CI/CD experience using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar.
• Strong experience with Docker, including building images, containerizing applications, and deploying Docker-based workloads.
• Experience with application deployment automation, environment configuration, deployment troubleshooting, and rollback strategies.
• Understanding of container orchestration and deployments using Kubernetes/EKS.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle) and SQL; NoSQL exposure is a plus.
• Familiarity with Git, branching strategies, release management, and code quality practices (linting, static analysis).
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, CDK.
• Microservices architecture and messaging/streaming (Kafka, SQS/SNS).
• Security practices: OWASP, secrets management, dependency scanning, SAST/DAST.
• Experience improving CI/CD pipeline performance and deployment automation.
• Experience with monitoring stacks (PrometheGrafana, ELK/OpenSearch).
• Knowledge of blue-green, rolling, or canary deployment strategies.
• Cloud cost optimization and reliability engineering practices.

Typical Tech Stack (Example)

Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, AWS (EC2/ECS/EKS/S3/RDS/IAM/CloudWatch), Terraform, Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI.