Java Full Stack Engineer

Cohere Technology Group; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is looking for a Java Full Stack Engineer in Chantilly, Virginia. The successful candidate will engage in full-cycle Agile development to create and maintain distributed enterprise applications. Required skills include Java, Spring, RESTful services, and Vue.js. This role offers an opportunity to work on innovative solutions within government projects. Candidates should have a strong educational background and extensive experience in web technologies and Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, 9+ years or M.S. degree and 7 years of experience.
• 4 years of experience in Java development with Spring.
• 3+ years in Java development with relational databases.
• 3 years with Vue.js or similar web framework.

Responsibilities

• Develop applications using Java, Spring Boot, and Vue.js.
• Participate in Agile processes including daily SCRUMs and sprint execution.
• Maintain and support deployed systems and diagnose issues.
• Provide technical and methodological guidance to the team.

Skills

Java development

Spring and/or Spring Boot

Vue.js

RESTful web services

Kafka or similar messaging systems

PostgreSQL or SQL databases

Education

B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field

M.S. degree (preferred)

Tools

Apache HTTP

Tomcat

Testcontainers

Job description

Java Full Stack Engineer

Job Description

Cohere is looking for a self-starting, team-oriented Mid‑to‑Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic development team in supporting a Government customer. The team is researching and designing prototypes for large‑scale distributed enterprise micro‑service applications using web technologies, distributed computation and storage frameworks, and sophisticated, cutting‑edge domain analytics, with the system hosted on virtualized and cloud‑computing platforms. The successful candidate will have the ability to work both independently with little supervision as well as engage with a team to achieve overall project objectives.

Essential Functions

The Java Full Stack Engineer participates in a development team using Agile methodologies combined with mature software practices and technology‑supported development infrastructure. The role includes executing the full‑lifecycle agile workflow—including daily SCRUMs, story grooming and bidding, and sprint execution—researching, designing, developing, and extending the software baseline to implement new capabilities and mature existing ones using key technologies and frameworks; maintaining the deployed system, diagnosing and resolving issues, and providing support to end‑users as needed; and providing technical and methodological guidance to the team to make them self‑reliant and highly effective at meeting project objectives. The ideal candidate will have outstanding technical talent, a desire to continuously learn and apply new skills and technologies, and be eager to take on hard problems and develop successful solutions to achieve the overall mission.

Responsibilities

• Backend: Spring and/or Spring Boot frameworks; web endpoint controllers, Kafka listeners, JPA framework, Testcontainers; microservice architecture, message passing, state sharing; database – PostgreSQL or any SQL.
• Web app server: Familiar (experience preferred) with open‑source web application servers such as Apache HTTP and Tomcat.
• Middle tier – messaging systems: Experience with Kafka or any Java‑based message broker—including managing topics, filtering with headers, supporting broad distributed services; experience developing and using RESTful web services, including asynchronous futures.
• Frontend: Experience developing with Vue.js front‑end web application platform or similar web framework.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline and 9+ years of experience or M.S. degree and 7 years of experience.
• 4 years’ experience in Java development with Spring and/or Spring Boot, establishing services for each tier (backend, frontend, web, and middle).
• 3 years’ experience with Vue.js front‑end web application platform and UI components or similar web framework.
• 3 years’ experience with middle‑tier messaging systems, Kafka or similar, and developing and using RESTful web services.
• 3+ years’ experience in Java development with relational database management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modeling and simulation and designing and developing secure, cloud‑agnostic applications using Vue.js, Quasar, Spring Boot, AWS Lambda, and microservice architectures.