Senior Java Backend Engineer — Cloud & Microservices

Matlen Silver; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior Application Developer with strong backend focus to join an agile team in Newark, Delaware. The contract role covers development, unit testing, and production readiness, with potential conversion.

Expect live coding exercises and a mandatory Glider assessment attached to resume, and onsite interviews. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in Java/J2EE, cloud and container experience (Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, OpenShift), and hands-on UI familiarity (Angular/React).

Qualifications

• Strong coding skills and understanding of programming fundamentals.
• Ability to demonstrate live scratch coding during interview.
• Full Glider assessment attached to resume is required.

Responsibilities

• Understand business needs and update application code with unit testing.
• Provide development support during testing and create PoCs for new tech.
• Support deployment and production readiness; work in an agile team.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

Java/J2EE

Spring / Spring Integration

NoSQL / Cassandra / Kafka

SQL (Oracle/SQL Server)

Unix/Linux scripting

UI: Angular / React

JUnit / Sonar

Agile methodology

Tools

Eclipse

IntelliJ

Splunk

Dynatrace

Autosys

Job description

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior Application Developer with strong backend focus to join an agile team in Newark, Delaware. The contract role covers development, unit testing, and production readiness, with potential conversion.

Expect live coding exercises and a mandatory Glider assessment attached to resume, and onsite interviews. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in Java/J2EE, cloud and container experience (Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, OpenShift), and hands-on UI familiarity (Angular/React).