Java Full Stack Developer in Chicago, IL and Schenectady, NY

NYGCI; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NYGCI is looking for a Java Full Stack Developer to work in Chicago, IL. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of experience in relevant tech stacks including Java and AWS services. This role involves building micro-services, mentoring junior developers, and driving technical decisions within the team.

Experience with Spring Framework and strong problem-solving skills are essential. Candidates with knowledge of Go Lang and ReactJS will find themselves at an advantage.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in relevant tech stacks.
• Hands-on experience with Java and AWS native services.
• Preparedness to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver program level features with higher complexity.
• Drive technical decisions with technical leaders.
• Implement industry best practices and mentor junior developers.

Skills

Java 8 and/or 11

AWS native services

Spring Framework

Experience in Go Lang

Experience in ReactJS

Tools

JPA (Hibernate or similar)

Kubernetes/Containerization

Job description

Java Full Stack Developer in Chicago, IL and Schenectady, NY

Role: Full Stack Developer

Work Location: Chicago, IL; Schenectady, NY

Contract type: Contract to Hire

Responsibilities

• 6+ years of experience in specific tech stacks.
• Back-end engineers require knowledge of Spring, Java and SQL.
• 3+ years of experience in native AWS services.
• 3+ years of experience in building micro-services and micro-service architecture.
• Experienced or knowledgeable in Go Lang is a differentiator.
• Experienced or knowledgeable in ReactJS is a differentiator.
• Prior experience working in Agile Scrum methodology.
• Deliver program level features with higher complexity.
• Drive technical decisions along with other technical leaders in the organization.
• Implement industry best practices and mentor any junior developers on the team - act as a member of the Software Center of Excellence, representing the face of high-quality design and development practices.
• Build features such as web services and queries on existing tables.
• Understand performance parameters and assess application performance.
• Work on data structures and algorithms and implement them using language of choice.

Qualifications

• Critical: Java 8 and/or 11 (including streams, lambdas)
• Hands on experience with AWS native services.
• Spring Framework: Spring Data, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security.
• JPA (Hibernate or similar) (named queries, JPQL).
• Preparedness to learn and implement new technologies.
• Decision Swingers: Experience in Go Lang, Experience in ReactJs, Experience with containerization (Kubernetes/Containerization).
• Nice to have: Further database skills (data modeling, performance management, db tuning), Further JPA/Hibernate skills (Criteria, Projections), Prior project experience involving handling and analyzing large volume of data (streaming and static data).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.