Software Engineers - Hybrid Annapolis, MD

Software Engineers - Hybrid Annapolis, MD

Location:

Annapolis, MD. Position:
Software Engineer (Hybrid). Contract (Full-time). Posted:
February 4, 2026.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect, design, and implement enterprise software solutions using event-driven architecture principles.
• Develop microservices with Spring Boot and build user interfaces with React or other modern front-end frameworks.
• Provide strong technical expertise in Prime Faces 6.0+ and Java Server Faces (JSF) applications, including component usage, customization, and integration.
• Integrate message brokers, such as Rabbit
  
  MQ and Kafka, implementing producers, consumers, routing logic, and related integration components.
• Deploy microservices to Kubernetes clusters via automated CI/CD pipelines and maintain production systems.
• Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot systems to ensure reliability, uptime, and performance tuning across application and infrastructure layers.
• Write unit tests aiming for ≥85 % code coverage, participate in peer code reviews, and enforce coding standards.
• Prepare technical specifications, architecture documentation, design decision records, and sequence diagrams for major use cases.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to refine requirements and ensure alignment on deliverables.
• Submit weekly activity and status reports in the prescribed JIS format and maintain time reporting using JIS‑provided forms.
• Work in a hybrid setting: two days remote and three days on site at the Maryland Judiciary Information Systems office.

• Experience in modern front‑end development with React and/or Angular.
• Strong knowledge of message‑queuing and event‑streaming technologies (Rabbit
  
  MQ, Kafka).
• Experience with Elasticsearch for indexing, search, and analytics (preferred).
• Proficiency in microservices development using Spring Boot or equivalent Java frameworks.
• Experience deploying to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and using Kubernetes/Docker.
• Dev Ops skills:
  Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated build processes.
• Solid understanding of event‑driven architecture principles for scalable, resilient systems.
• High‑level Java competency (core libraries, concurrency, collections, JVM fundamentals, modern features).
• Ability to analyze complex technical challenges and propose maintainable solutions.
• Experience developing and maintaining applications with Prime Faces 6.x+ and JSF integration.
• Knowledge of software design patterns, containerization, RESTful APIs, relational and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Familiarity with application performance tuning, monitoring, observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Understanding of security best practices, authentication, authorization, and secure coding.