Java - Project Lead Job West Columbia Texas USA,Software Development

Actual Job Title Software Developer (Java) - Project Lead
Job Type FT Contract
Contract duration 1 year
Date Opened 10/22/2026
Target Date 10/28/2026
City West Columbia
State/Province South Carolina
Country United States
Number of Positions 1

Job Description COMPANY / DEPARTMENT CULTURE (why do you enjoy working for the company – selling points for potential candidates):

This position will provide FRONTEND and backend web development including all user interfaces for South Carolina’s Medicaid web application and associated web services. The application frontends are to be designed as platform independent and mobile ready. This senior expert level frontend web developer will be responsible for the look and feel of the web application that the user will experiance, unit and systems testing, implementation, and maintenance of complex Web systems and back-end development.

This position requires experience with Java, web application development, web service development, and distributed systems development. This position will work on one of the States most complex information technology projects as Clemson migrates the States existing mainframe Medicaid systems to modern technology environments and platforms

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

This project team develops and supports the framework functionality of the State’s EDI Services & the Medicaid Web Portal application. Clemson University’s Medicaid Information Technology Services (MITS) team develops and operates systems on behalf of the State’s Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS). Clemson’s MITS team will be responsible for the project management and oversight of this project.

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DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Software Engineer is responsible for assessing, designing, developing, supporting and implementing the State’s Member Management replacement project and any other projects assigned. This position will be a part of a Production Support group under the direction of Clemson’s technical project manager for support & maintenance of all new technology development work.

The Software Engineer role has two major functions: design and development/implementation.

Web-based Distributed Systems Architecture and Design:
Design, develop, and implement enterprise level web-based systems, enterprise defined in terms of system scope as well as number of users. Plan for responsive user interfaces incorporating modern Web 2.0 technologies (such as AJAX) and mobility needs (smartphones and tablets).
Software Engineering:
Design and develop Java applications incorporating industry-standard frameworks where appropriate (such as Spring). Plan for highly available and scalable applications. Incorporate services into system design where appropriate.
Software Project Lifecycle Management:
Effectively implement and utilize modern Web-based software industry standards and best practices, use of integrated development environments, strong emphasis on unit testing and participation in complete software lifecycle from analysis and design through testing and deployment. Assist end-user and business analysts in turning business needs into incremental software development projects.
Communication:
Communicate with a broad mix of stakeholders involved in the information technology system replacement projects including business users, analysts, software engineers, database architects and administrators (DBAs), quality assurance engineers (QA), systems and infrastructure staff, and support staff.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

1. 7+ years of experience with Java
2. 7+ years of experience with HTML
4. 7+ years of experience with JQuery
5. 5+ years of experience with EDI Transaction Sets (270/271, 276/277, 837)
6. 5+ years of experience with MongoDB

Soft skills

Required:

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