Java Backend Developer

Local and W2 Candidate Only

Job ID:                  160461

Job Role:              Java Backend Developer

Location:             McLean, VA (Locals only)

Duration: 6+ Month Contract

Must Have Qualifications: 5+ years of software development experience with strong Java, Database, and transaction process skills, including the ability to write advanced SQL queries. Experience with Gen AI tools required.

Notes from the client:

Interview Type: 1st round – Virtual | 2nd rounds – In Person

Interview Placeholders: 6/30, 1:30 – 2:00 PM | 6/30, 2:30 – 3:00 PM | 7/1, 11:00 – 11:30 AM | 7/1, 2:00 – 2:30 PM

Required Experience & Education

5-7+ years of professional software development experience.

Candidate should have/be:

Strong analytical skills.

Be able to reason with and communicate ideas they bring to the table.

Be open minded for others’ ideas. A motivated team player.

Have experience using at least one Coding Agent enabled IDE (e.g. VSCode, Amazon Kiro)

Have experience working with atleast AI Coding Agents (e.g. Claude Code, Codex)

Strong proficiency Databases

·         Very Good understanding of RDBMS (e.g. MS SQL or PostgreSQL).

·         Write advanced SQL queries (thorough understanding of JOINs).

·         Performance tuning of SQLs.

Strong proficiency in below programming tools, languages & Frameworks

·         Proficiency working with Docker containers.

·         Understanding of the use of containers in the development process.

·         Understanding of application lifecycle management.

·         Ability to use a CI/CD pipeline (e.g. JIRA, Jenkins) to deploy applications.

·         Java 8 (or above), I/O, Multithreading, Collections, Generics, Lambda

·         REST API Web Services, GraphQL API query language.

·         Spring Core, MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Sprint Data (JPA), Dependency Injection, DAO (Data Access Object), JTA, JDBC

·         HTML, JavaScript, CSS, jQuery, Angular 9 or above.

·         Apache Tomcat, Jetty Server.

·         Maven, Gradle, Junit/ Mockito, Cucumber.

·         Design Patterns like MVC, Singleton, Session, Facade, Factory, DAO (Data Access Object), DTO

·         XML technologies and XML parsers.

·         JSON technologies

·         ORM framework – Hibernate

·         Streaming technology - Kafka

·         AWS EKS

Be able to perform following Responsibilities:

·         End-to-end software development - including analysis, planning, architecture, design, development, automated testing, deployment, and maintenance using industry best practices and security standards.

·         Performance optimization - analyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to enhance application efficiency and scalability.

·         Collaborative solution delivery - partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, leverage proof of concepts for technical decisions, and implement solutions with cross-functional teams.

·         Production support and maintenance - support applications across environments, resolve critical issues, and fulfill ad-hoc requests to ensure seamless business operations.

Regards, 
Subhash at Techridge .net