Lead Java Backend Developer

• - Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision
• - Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls
• - Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• - Drives application development focused around delivering business value
• - Mentors and assists software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
• - Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• - Proactively reaches out for help when stuck on an issue after doing reasonable independent research
• - Maintains a sense of urgency when working on tasks and actively followup on any dependencies or blockers

Hybrid; will need to go into office 2x a week ; this role could change where they need to go in office days a week, so please make sure your candidate(s) are fully good with that as well.

• - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering or related field is required w/ 10+ years’ experience needed
• - Master’s degree with 8+ years’ experience

(Required)

• - • 10+ years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java.

• - Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
• - Developing software applications using relational and No
  
  SQL databases.
• - Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
• - Deploying software using CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, GoCD, etc
• - Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
• - Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
• - Experience with AI tools is a BIG PLUS**

• - Message streaming solutions, such as AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ.
• - Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible o Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.
• Hands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and Selenium and
  -their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
• - Data stores such as AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, Elastic Search, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Oracle. o Other AWS technologies, such as API Gateway, ALB, NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, Cloud Watch, etc
• - Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms

• - Must demonstrate solid knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms.
• - Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints
• - Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
• - Demonstrated leadership on small to medium-scale projects impacting strategic priorities