Lead Full Stack Java Developer

CSS Staffing; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS Staffing in Omaha, NE is seeking a Lead Java Full Stack Developer with strong backend experience for an in-office and remote-hybrid role. You will collaborate with an agile team, define tasks and provide estimates for user stories, and participate in Scrum ceremonies.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of front-end and back-end development in Java, JavaScript (Angular/React), REST APIs, and data stores such as MySQL or MongoDB.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack Java/JS development experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers to ideate software solutions.
• Lead work breakdown to create projects, epics, and stories.
• Develop front-end standards focusing on reusability and security.
• Mentor peers on software patterns and best practices.
• Define architecture principles with Enterprise Architecture.
• Participate in COEs to promote technology standards.
• Design client/server/mobile architecture and responsive features.
• Ensure delivery of technology and business value.
• Write and run unit, functional, and automated tests.
• Troubleshoot and debug software.

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

JavaScript

jQuery

Angular

React

Java

Spring Boot

Kotlin

REST APIs

OpenAPI/Swagger

SOAP APIs

MySQL

MongoDB

Oracle

SQLServer

Git

Bitbucket

GitHub

GitLab

Gradle

Maven

AWS

Tools

Bitbucket

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

Job description

Lead Java Full Stack Developer with strong backend experience 1 in Omaha, NE and 1 Remote Role Hybrid $140,000 - $160,000 with 10% bonus eligibility The Lead Developer is responsible for collaborating with an agile team to ensure the solutions developed will deliver value and improve the quality of the software. This includes partnering with the product ownership and the business on the team to define tasks and provide final estimates for User Stories. The Developers are responsible for attending and participating in all Scrum ceremonies

Responsibilities

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions


• Ability to lead work breakdown exercises to create projects, epics, and stories


• Lead in the development of front-end application standards with a focus on re-usability and security.


• Serve as a technical mentor for peers, guiding developers to apply software patterns and principles.


• Provide guidance on industry and company best practices within the team and the organization


• Partner with Enterprise Architecture to apply/define architecture principles for current and future stacks


• Participate and engage in COEs (Centers of Excellence) to lead agile teams in the adoption of technology standards and best practices with a focus on reusability, scalability, resiliency and security


• Design client-side and server-side architecture


• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design


• Design client-side, server-side, and mobile architecture.


• Influence and guide the use of Micro Front-end Design Technology Steward - Identify technology needs and work with the Squad Leadership to prioritize those needs with other business objectives.


• Ensure we are delivering on technology value in addition to business value.


• Test software, both manual and automated, to ensure responsiveness and efficiency


• Troubleshoot and debug software


• Create security and data protection settings

The Ideal Candidate for This Role:

• 5+ years' experience with multiple front-end languages and libraries (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, XML, jQuery) and JavaScript frameworks (Angular, React)


• 5+ years’ experience with multiple back-end languages (Java, Spring Boot, Kotlin)


• 5+ years’ experience with designing and implementing REST APIs (working knowledge of OpenAPI Spec/Swagger); working knowledge of SOAP APIs


• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, SQLServer) and web servers (e.g. Apache, nginx)


• Experience with software design principles as well as UI prototype design


• Working knowledge of Test-Driven and Behavior-Driven Development


• Ability to write quality unit, functional and automated tests


• Experience with Git as a version control system, in conjunction with solutions such as Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab


• Knowledge of Gradle, Apache Maven, Apache ANT is desirable


• Desired Financial services industry experience preferred but not required


• Experience utilizing AI engineering tools to accelerate software development pipelines preferred


• Experience with AWS Native development preferred but not required