Senior Java & AI Engineer - Spec-Driven Dev Leader

We are currently seeking a dynamic individual with high energy and drive to join our Workforce Management (WFM) software development team as a Senior Software Engineer. This engineer will primarily focus on server-side component design, development, testing, and implementation. Experience with client-side development is a plus. This engineer will work in an agile development environment and follow agile processes and practices.

As part of our AI-forward engineering culture, this role also takes ownership of the AI development environment including coding agents, tools, workflows, and infrastructure to maximize engineering velocity, quality, and consistency.

• Design and develop quality, proficient, and well-documented technical solutions that satisfy business requirements and meet corporate architectural standards.
• Own and continuously improve the AI development environment including coding agents, tools, workflows, and infrastructure to maximize engineering velocity, quality, and consistency.
• Design, build, and optimize coding agents, prompts, and workflows.
• Define and maintain instructions, skills, plugins, and tool integrations.
• Connect tools into a cohesive agentic development pipeline.
• Enable Spec-Driven Development using AI (from idea to spec to implementation to validation).
• Develop solid unit, integration, and automation tests according to organizational standards.
• Assist in troubleshooting and maintenance of existing software applications; identify and implement additional improvements when warranted; work with external stakeholders as needed.
• Develop technical models/designs for assigned components.
• Contribute to and drive technological and architectural decisions.
• Participate in reviewing design and code for other team members.
• Gets team to a high-performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision-making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.

• Minimum 8 years of Java web application development experience.
• Deep interest and hands-on experience with AI coding tools and LLM-based systems.
• Experience working with agents, prompts, MCP/tools, or similar ecosystems.
• Comfortable working at low-level detail including tokens, context windows, latency, and tool orchestration.
• Expertise in server-side development using Hibernate, Spring, Web Services (REST) in Java including server-side testing using JUnit, Mockito/Easy Mock.
• Experience in web application development using Angular, HTML5, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, Spring MVC, and in Unit/E2E testing with Cucumber, Selenium, Playwright is a huge plus.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (Git Hub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) and ability to effectively integrate generative AI into the software development lifecycle for code generation, debugging, and optimization.
• Good to have experience in "Vibe Coding" methodologies including rapid prototyping, iterative development, and creative problem-solving approaches that leverage AI assistance to accelerate development velocity.
• Proven track record of driving technical innovation within development teams, including evaluation and adoption of emerging technologies, process improvements, and mentoring others on cutting-edge development practices.
• Experience with AWS is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience with multi-tier web application development.
• Hands‑on experience with Continuous Integration and Test-Driven Development.
• Experience with JBoss or Tomcat.
• Prior experience with MAVEN and Jenkins is a plus.
• Good knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement).
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self‑motivated and flexible.
• Demonstrates resilience and adaptability when working within organizational constraints, legacy systems, or established processes that cannot be immediately changed.
• Shows ability to find creative solutions and deliver value within existing limitations while building consensus for future improvements.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Maintains a positive attitude and constructive approach when faced with bureaucratic processes, technical debt, or resistance to change.
• Leads, collaborates, and coordinates with others to ensure significant results.
• Detail‑oriented with excellent organizational skills.