Senior Software Engineer (Java/J2EE), 100% Remote

Our customer is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. They help researchers make new discoveries, doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients, and lawyers develop winning strategies. They prevent online fraud and money laundering and help insurance companies evaluate and predict risk. Their events combine in-person and digital experiences to help customers learn about markets, source products, and complete transactions. In short, they enable customers to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Java/J2EE) on a contract basis to support our Customer's business needs.

What you’ll do:

• Will perform full-stack development across the complete development life cycle delivering highly available cloud solutions and adding new capabilities to existing applications
• Works with development teams and ensures the best practices are adhered to in areas such as unit and integration testing, CI/CD, documentation, security, and software design principals
• Demonstrated ability and experience in leading software development teams
• Serve as a technical adviser for software development projects and ensure they align with the business needs
• Interact with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
• Write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity
• Familiarity with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity strategies
• Work closely with other QA and development team members to understand moderately complex product requirements and translate them into software designs
• Strong problem-solving experience involving leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex project issues; prior success extracting/translating findings into alternatives/solutions; and identifying risks/impacts and schedule adjustments to facilitate management decision-making
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and customer service skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills applicable to a wide audience including senior and executive management, customers, etc., including diction/terminology and presenting information in a concise and effective manner to clients, management, and various departments using assorted communication mediums.
• Successfully implement development processes, coding best practices, and code reviews.
• Operate in various development environments (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) while collaborating with key stakeholders.
• Resolve technical issues as necessary.
• Be a Good Mentor
• A good team player
• All other duties as assigned.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in software development
• Expertise in Front End Development using the Angular framework
• Expertise in Spring Boot, Micro Services, and API experience is a must
• Experience with Graph Databases such as Neo4J or Neptune or Apache Tinkerpop and Gremlin is a must
• Experience with all OAuth2.0 flows, tools, and framework
• Experience with AWS Services such as SQS/SNS, Open Search, AWS Lambda, AppSync or GraphQL, Networking
• Experience with Event-based Architecture, Streams, Secure Design, Domain Driven Design
• Experience working with Trunk-based development, TDD, Mocking Services, Building Scalable, High Volume, and Distributed Systems
• DevOps pipelines leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Jenkins, and Git.
• Designed high-availability applications in a multi-tier cloud architecture, including database, service/API, and UI components of the application.
• Experience with messaging systems like Kafka, or Kinesis.
• Extensive experience with emerging and cloud-based technologies on AWS knowledge in micro-services architecture pattern and understanding of various technical components supporting microservices pattern viz. Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, etc.
• Good understanding of various integration patterns, SOAP/REST protocols, and WebSockets, and familiar with XML, and JSON.
• Developing applications that integrate with multiple databases, and experience using No SQL DBs is an advantage.
• Strong Experience working with databases (Elastic/Cassandra/RDBMS/MariaDB/MySQL/NoSQL)
• Advanced knowledge of architecture design principles spanning application, data, infrastructure
• Strong proficiency with data manipulation language (including but not limited to SQL and/or MySQL) including optimization techniques
• Ability to interface competently with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
• Familiarity with LISP like language/immutability in programming
• Familiarity with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity strategies
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Ability to design and work with complex data models.
• Experience setting up and maintaining distributed apps with Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience using applicable tool sets (Eclipse, GIT, Postman, JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
• Ability to work well with internal and external technology resources.
• Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies (Agile etc).
• Knowledge of test-driven development.
• Ability to write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of complex system components.
• Ability to complete complex bug fixes and being able to investigate and support complex production issues.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to be a good member and a team player

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a Related Major

Hours & Location:

• M-F, 40 hours/week. This role will be 100% Remote. Candidates must be willing to work in CST Time Zone.

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have US residency at the time of application.

Please Note: In order to create a safe, productive work environment, our client is requiring all contractors who plan to be onsite to be fully vaccinated according to the CDC guidelines. Prior to coming into our offices, contractors will be required to attest that they are fully vaccinated.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of the waiting period for eligible engagements)

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

The salary range for this position is: $63.53 - $73.53 per hour