IT - Java Developer - Senior

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Southlake (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrumforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Sr Java Software Engineer in Southlake, TX (Hybrid: on-site 4 days/week) with 5+ years of Java development, RESTful API design, and Spring/Spring Boot expertise.

The role emphasizes scalable, robust software, unit/integration testing, and collaboration within a Scrum team across cloud environments. The candidate will develop and maintain Java components, support CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to architectural decisions while producing detailed

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience in a software development role with Java
• 5+ years of experience with relational databases (Oracle / MS SQL Server)
• 3+ years with Spring/Spring Boot
• 3+ years developing RESTful services
• 2+ years CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bamboo, CircleCI)
• 2+ years with any cloud platform (AWS / GCP / Azure)
• Experience with debugging and profiling Java apps
• Experience with Atlassian suites: Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute as a Scrum team member, writing Java code
• Follow guidelines for best development practices
• Participate in agile ceremonies and update tickets for tracking
• Ensure compliance with engineering standards and practices

Skills

Java

RESTful services

Spring/Spring Boot

Test‑driven development

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Relational databases

JUnit/Mockito

Agile / SAFe

Git/GitHub

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS / related field

Advanced Degree in CS / related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Bamboo

CircleCI

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

Job Title: Sr Java Software Engineer

Location: Southlake, TX or Omaha, NE (Hybrid - on-site 4 days per week)

Duration: 12 months

Stock Plan Services focuses on supporting equity compensation for our B2B clients. We have multiple applications that support this effort. Our vision is to provide employees of corporate partners with modern, industry-leading products and platforms, while building a culture people love to work in. As we execute this goal, we strive to maintain excellent customer support and deliver on sustaining engineering objectives. We are fueled by a diverse team of talented team members who continuously raise the bar in delivering best-in-class products and services worldwide.

This position is a senior role for a candidate who has the capabilities to create user information solutions by developing, implementing, and maintaining Java-based components and interfaces. The candidate writes well-designed, testable, efficient code and ensures designs are in compliance with specifications. The role includes preparing and releasing software components. It involves supporting continuous improvements by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review. In addition, the candidate will support users by developing detailed documentation and assistance tools. The ideal candidate must have hands‑on experience in designing and developing Java enterprise applications and extensive experience developing RESTful services. Object‑Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns is required. Experience with Spring/Spring Boot is required. Experience with test‑driven development or behavior‑driven development is a bonus.

Essential Functions:

• Actively contribute as a member of a Scrum team, writing code in Java.
• Follow all guidelines for best development practices.
• Participate in all agile ceremonies and appropriately update all tickets for clear tracking.
• Practice and enforce good engineering practices and compliance with company engineering standards.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of work experience in a software development role where the candidate was actively writing and reviewing Java code.
• 5+ years of experience with relational databases; ideally Oracle and/or Microsoft SQL Server.
• 5+ years of experience writing unit and integration tests. Must be familiar with at least one testing framework (JUnit, Mockito preferred).
• 3+ years of experience using Spring/Spring Boot.
• 3+ years of experience developing RESTful services.
• 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bamboo, CircleCI, etc.).
• 2+ years of experience with any cloud platform (PCF, GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and profiling Java applications.
• Experience with Atlassian tool suites: Bitbucket, Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence.
• Experience with GitHub.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem resolution skills.
• Understanding of Agile and Scaled Agile (SAFe) methodologies.
• Strong ability to design for functional and non‑functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, performance, and privacy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience converting SOAP services to RESTful services.
• Experience with Spring Batch and/or batch processing.