Java Full-Stack Engineer – Spring Boot, React, Kafka

STATE STREET CORPORATION; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street Corporation in Boston is seeking a hands-on software engineer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, and ReactJS. You will modernize legacy systems into scalable microservices and build RESTful APIs, messaging solutions, and data access layers with Hibernate and PostgreSQL.

The role emphasizes security, resiliency, and cloud-native delivery on AWS, with collaboration across global teams and a strong focus on CI/CD and production support.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software development experience building enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in Java, J2EE technologies, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot.
• Experience developing modern web applications using ReactJS.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, and functional programming.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
• Experience with enterprise application integration patterns, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
• Strong experience with Kafka, messaging platforms, and asynchronous processing patterns.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing cloud-native applications using AWS services.
• Strong understanding of application security principles and secure software development practices.
• Strong understanding of scalability, resiliency, performance optimization, and high-availability application design.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• Experience with observability and production support best practices.
• Education exposure to AI Engineering, Data Engineering, and Python development, including data pipelines, analytics platforms, AI/ML integration, and automation solutions.
• Experience working in Agile development environments and with globally distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, ReactJS, and related technologies.
• Modernize legacy applications into scalable microservices-based architectures.
• Design and implement REST APIs, messaging solutions, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Develop and optimize data access layers using Hibernate, Oracle Exadata, and PostgreSQL.
• Build event-driven solutions using Kafka and streaming platforms.
• Design applications for security, availability, scalability, resiliency, and operational supportability.
• Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Collaborate with DevOps and QA teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment automation.
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues through root-cause analysis and remediation.
• Partner with business, architecture, and global technology teams to deliver strategic initiatives.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

ReactJS

Microservices

Kafka

AWS

Security best practices

Distributed systems

Observability

Tools

Hibernate

Oracle Exadata

PostgreSQL

GitHub Copilot

Job description

State Street Corporation in Boston is seeking a hands-on software engineer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, and ReactJS. You will modernize legacy systems into scalable microservices and build RESTful APIs, messaging solutions, and data access layers with Hibernate and PostgreSQL.

The role emphasizes security, resiliency, and cloud-native delivery on AWS, with collaboration across global teams and a strong focus on CI/CD and production support.