Senior Full-Stack & Backend Engineer (AWS, Solr/Elastic)

VTG; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer at the Full Performance to Expert level to support a backend team focused on middleware and services. The role emphasizes Solr/Elastic search, Java backend development, and AWS-based workloads.

Candidates should bring 5+ years in backend Java and 3+ years with Solr or Elastic search, plus big data exposure (Hadoop, PySpark, Spark, or HBase). A CS degree or equivalent is expected.

Qualifications

• Solr or Elastic Search experience of at least 3 years.
• Schema updates for Solr/Elastic search.
• Experience submitting Lucene queries.
• Knowledge of Solr/Elastic shards and performance tuning.
• 3+ years in big data environments using Hadoop, PySpark, Spark, or HBase (two of them preferred).
• 5+ years backend Java development with code reviews, unit and integration testing, deployment to production.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Work with AWS services on backend solutions.
• Collaborate with backend team and use JIRA and GitHub for development workflows.

Skills

Solr

Elastic Search

Lucene queries

Shards architecture

Query tuning

Hadoop

PySpark

Spark

HBase

Java backend development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

GitHub

Job description

VTG is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer at the Full Performance to Expert level to support a backend team focused on middleware and services. The role emphasizes Solr/Elastic search, Java backend development, and AWS-based workloads.

Candidates should bring 5+ years in backend Java and 3+ years with Solr or Elastic search, plus big data exposure (Hadoop, PySpark, Spark, or HBase). A CS degree or equivalent is expected.