Senior FS Java AWS

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise grade backend systems using Java/J2EE (Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful services)
• Build and maintain full stack applications, integrating backend services with modern frontend consumers
• Architect and implement AI augmented and Agentic AI systems.
• Develop and evaluate NLP and GenAI solutions, including prompt engineering and model orchestration
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, analysts, and engineering peers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Apply software engineering guidelines, including clean architecture, design patterns, unit testing, and code reviews
• Lead or strongly influence technical decisions in a high risk, high uncertainty environment
• Ensure solutions meet compliance, governance, security, and quality standards
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, observability, and production readiness of AI enabled applications

• 6-10 years of professional software development experience
• Strong, hands on experience with Java/J2EE
• Expertise in Spring/Spring Boot, RESTful API design, and backend service development
• Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns (OO, Functional, REST based systems)
• Experience building scalable, secure, production grade enterprise systems
• Experience participating as a hands on contributor, producing clean, well tested code
• Working knowledge of machine learning, Generative AI, and Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML and LLM services with Java based applications
• Experience with prompt engineering, model evaluation, and AI solution productization
• Familiarity with Python for ML/AI workloads and model integration
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Passion for CI/CD, automation, and production monitoring
• Understanding of model governance, compliance, and quality standards

• Autonomous and semi autonomous agents
• Tool invocation and function calling
• Multi-step reasoning and planning
• Memory and context management

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note:

Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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