Senior Data Architect

Senior Software Engineer

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Industry: Large Financial Institution
Pay: $68-$71/hr

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a high?impact team supporting a major capital project that will transition into ongoing BAU initiatives. This role requires a strong background in Java?based web application development, modern UI frameworks, and cloud?native deployment. The ideal candidate brings senior?level expertise, can ramp up quickly on existing application vulnerabilities, and is comfortable designing and building new solutions in a fast?paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain Java/J2EE?based web applications.
• Ramp up quickly on current BAU items, including application vulnerabilities and remediation work.
• Support new feature development and project-driven enhancements after April deliverables.
• Design and build RESTful services with strong authentication, authorization, and metering capabilities.
• Collaborate with architects, QA, and product teams to deliver high?quality, scalable solutions.
• Deploy applications to OpenShift/Kubernetes environments and support continuous integration pipelines.

Must?Have Skills

• 8–10 years of total experience, including 5–6 years of hands-on experience in:
  • Java/J2EE (JSP, Servlets, JSF, XSLT, XML) and Core Java application architecture.
  • Backend development using Spring Boot, Groovy, Spock, Mockito, TestNG, etc.
  • REST API design and development.
  • JavaScript frameworks (preferably AngularJS) and modern UI frameworks (React, AG?Grid, Axios, Material UI).
  • Build and integration tools: Gradle, Jenkins Pipelines, Docker (JDK 17+), GitHub.
  • Deployment to OpenShift (Kubernetes) including Helm Charts.
  • Experience with relational databases such as Oracle or Teradata.

Flexible / Preferred Skills

• Experience designing and developing SPA (Single Page Applications).
• Python backend development (FastAPI, Flask).
• Experience with NoSQL databases (Cassandra, MongoDB).
• 10–15 years overall experience with 3–4 years specializing in the above technologies.
• Experience building high?performance, web?scale systems with non?blocking designs and distributed caching.
• Cloud infrastructure design and management.
• Automated and repeatable testing frameworks and infrastructure.