Senior Java Data Scientist | Backend & Cloud Expert

TalentOps; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer contribution

Health insurance

Life and AD&D coverage

Discretionary profit sharing

Discretionary performance bonus

Job summary

TalentOps is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with extensive Java and backend software development experience in McLean, VA. You will assess, refactor, and modernize mission-critical Java applications, including Spring, Spring Data JPA, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and AWS/Linus environments.

The ideal candidate will handle database queries, performance optimization, and tooling such as Eclipse, Maven, Gradle, Git, and Jenkins, while collaborating with Python developers to deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Deep expertise in Core Java, including OOP, multithreading, JVM and memory management.
• Strong experience with Spring and Spring Data JPA.
• Experience with Eclipse, Maven, Gradle, Git, and Jenkins.
• Experience working with Oracle, Apache Tomcat, AWS Cloud Framework, and Linux.
• Understanding of application lifecycle management.
• Ability to quickly contribute to an established Java codebase.

Responsibilities

• Assess, maintain, refactor, and modernize legacy Java applications and backend processes.
• Write clean, scalable backend code for operations and business applications.
• Develop backend functionality using Core Java, Spring, and Spring Data JPA.
• Leverage Spring Boot to develop backend applications and REST APIs.
• Write and optimize database queries across relational and non-relational environments.
• Troubleshoot, debug, test, and resolve issues within existing applications.
• Utilize Eclipse, Maven, Gradle, Git, and Jenkins in the development lifecycle.
• Support applications operating within Oracle, Apache Tomcat, AWS, and Linux.
• Collaborate with Python developers as needed.

Skills

Core Java

Spring

REST API development

SQL and databases

AWS

Linux

Spring Boot

JUnit/Mockito

Eclipse/Maven/Git/Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Eclipse

Maven

Gradle

Git

Jenkins

Oracle

Apache Tomcat

AWS Cloud

Linux

Spring Data JPA

Spring Boot

Job description

TalentOps is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with extensive Java and backend software development experience in McLean, VA. You will assess, refactor, and modernize mission-critical Java applications, including Spring, Spring Data JPA, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and AWS/Linus environments.

The ideal candidate will handle database queries, performance optimization, and tooling such as Eclipse, Maven, Gradle, Git, and Jenkins, while collaborating with Python developers to deliver scalable solutions.