Job#: 3029279 Job Description: Fullstack Java Developer
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
This role is a hands-on engineering position focused on designing, building, and operating highly resilient, cloud-native enterprise Java applications at scale. The engineer acts as a technical authority for one or more critical systems, partnering with business analysts, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to deliver secure, high-performance, event-driven solutions. Success requires deep expertise in Spring-based microservices, Kafka-centric architectures, cloud platforms, CI/CD automation, and operational excellence in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a technical expert on one or more applications.
- Work with Business System Analysts to ensure designs satisfy functional requirements.
- Partner with Infrastructure to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments.
- Tune application performance to eliminate and reduce issues.
- Contribute expertise to the design of components, and participate in construction, functional testing, troubleshooting, and production support.
- Create applications and construct unit test cases that ensure compliance with functional and non-functional requirements.
- Work with peers to mature ways of working, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
- Align risk and control processes into day-to-day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree is preferred or equivalent experience.
Experience: A minimum of 6 years of related experience in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-grade applications using Enterprise Java (Version 17 and above), with extensive use of multithreading.
Technical Skills:- Expertise with the Spring ecosystem: Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Kafka.
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, including Apache Kafka or similar messaging systems.
- Strong knowledge of caching strategies using tools like Redis and Spring Cache.
- Deep experience with Aurora PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and schema design.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
- Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven), DevOps practices, and source control (BitBucket).
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with an ability to work at velocity in two-week sprints.
Preferred Qualifications
- Cloud experience, particularly with AWS.
- Experience with a modernization project, reimagining a legacy platform for a distributed environment.
- Hands-on expertise with Liquibase for database versioning and migrations.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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