Java Developer

Note: Candidate must be a WI resident or willing to relocate to WI at their own expense prior to starting the role. The selected hire will work a hybrid schedule (40% onsite and 60% remote).

Project Description:

• The selected candidate will play a hands-on senior technologist/lead role in the design, development, and modernization, and support of the client s applications.
• The candidate will provide technical expertise in modernization efforts such as upgrading Java versions, updating presentation layer technologies, migrating applications to container hosted environments, and providing guidance in the development of a CI/CD development pipeline following industry best practices.
• We are looking for someone with strong experience in Java, MVC pattern implementation (Struts, Spring), container creation and deployment, full lifecycle testing, microservice architecture patterns, and Agile project management methodology.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop new applications, and enhance and modernize existing applications
• Solve complex technical problems
• Provide technical leadership to modernization efforts.
• Develop testing methodology and criteria and implement them on automated build processes.
• Lead efforts for modernizing Java applications following industry best practices.
• Develop application presentation layers using modern JavaScript/TypeScript technologies such as Angular.
• Provide technical leadership to moving applications toward a microservices and modern looking architecture.

Required Experience:

• Java/J2EE (5+ years)
• Spring Framework (5+ years)
• Spring boot (5+ years)
• Angular (5+ years)
• SQL experience (5+ years)
• Experience working in Hybrid and Agile Methodologies (5+ years)
• Oracle and PL/SQL stored procedure experience (4+ years)
• Micro services (4+ years)
• API development (4+ years)
• Hands on Architecture/Design experience (4+ years)
• Experience working with Maven, IntelliJ, and Java 21
• Experience working with industry standard patterns for modernization (i.e. lift and shift, strangler, etc.).

Nice to Have Experience:

• Java Batch experience (4+ years)
• Automated Testing Best Practices (5+ years)
• DevSecOps Best Practices (3+ years) including leveraging SonarQube
• AWS Cloud based development experience (4+) years
• Experience working with Liberty
• Leveraging GitHub Copilot or similar GenAI based IDE tools to accelerate software development and testing practices
• Experience working with Box APIs.

Top Skills & Years of Experience (4+ years of experience in the following):

• Java/J2EE (5+ years)
• Spring Framework (5+ years)
• SQL experience (5+ years)
• Hands on Architecture/Design experience (4+ years)

Nice to Have Skills:

• Java Batch experience (4+ years)
• Automated Testing Best Practices (5+ years)
• AWS Cloud based development experience (4+ years).