Junior Backend Java Engineer | Microservices (TS/SCI)

Worky; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Worky is seeking a Junior Software Developer Engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance to join a fast-moving, highly collaborative team supporting a critical microservice ecosystem.

You will build and deploy scalable web applications using Java, Spring Boot, and modern tech. You will work closely with mission partners to shape design decisions, troubleshoot with customers, and ensure production-ready releases through CI/CD and automated testing.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering with a technical Bachelor’s degree or 7+ years with no degree, substituting 4 years of experience.
• Strong hands-on Java design and debugging.
• Experience building RESTful apps with Spring Boot.
• Experience with MongoDB or similar database technologies.
• Proficient in automated testing to ensure code reliability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-performance Java microservice web applications in a modern distributed ecosystem.
• Collaborate with Technical Lead on architecture decisions and roadmaps.
• Interact with customers and operators to troubleshoot issues and propose features.
• Support end-to-end testing, CI/CD pipelines, and production deployments.

Skills

Java

RESTful APIs

Automated testing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline

Tools

Spring Boot

MongoDB

Vue.js

Apache Kafka

CI/CD

Linux

Job description

Worky is seeking a Junior Software Developer Engineer with an active TS/SCI clearance to join a fast-moving, highly collaborative team supporting a critical microservice ecosystem.

You will build and deploy scalable web applications using Java, Spring Boot, and modern tech. You will work closely with mission partners to shape design decisions, troubleshoot with customers, and ensure production-ready releases through CI/CD and automated testing.