Senior Java Developer

I O DATASPHERE; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) seeks a Lead Java Developer to provide technical leadership for complex Java applications, especially the eCR Rules Engine project. The role emphasizes design, development, and governance to align with business needs and standards.

The candidate will collaborate with stakeholders, ensure architecture quality, security, and long-term sustainability while guiding the team through Agile processes and enterprise-wide solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience developing enterprise Java applications.
• Experience reviewing technical designs to maintain enterprise standards.
• Strong hands-on with Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Spring Security, REST APIs.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL design, and performance tuning.
• Cloud and CI/CD experience, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps.
• Healthcare integrations such as HL7/FHIR/eCR.
• Ability to lead Agile teams and drive technical roadmaps.
• Experience with Drools or rule engines and JBOSS/SOA environments.
• Proficient in data modeling and SQL/PL-SQL development.
• Knowledge of messaging (Kafka/SQS) and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the application development team.
• Oversee design, development, and integration of Java applications.
• Review architecture for security, scalability and data integrity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

HL7/FHIR

Kafka

Agile

Data Modeling

Git

Drools

Hibernate/JPA

QA/Unit Testing

SOA

AI familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Eclipse

STS

Drools

Hibernate/JPA

Azure DevOps

Job description

Client Name Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Requisition 167981

Location Lansing, MI

Duration 1 year

Due Date 11/13/2026

C2C Possible Yes. Rate depends on experience

Interview Method In person

NOTE: Candidates must be local to the Lansing area (within 90 miles of Lansing) at the time of submission. Relocation not allowed. Hybrid schedule - Wednesdays and Thursdays are REQUIRED in-office days. This is NON-NEGOTIABLE. There is NO remote-only option. We can accept H1b, H4, TN and other valid work visas for IT. However we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

Description:

Our client seeks a Lead Java Developer who will provide technical leadership to the application development team, including the design, development, implementation, and support of complex Java applications.

The resource will collaborate closely with business stakeholders to ensure that the technical design and implementation of the eCR Rules Engine Project align with business requirements, technical standards, and operational needs. The eCR Rules Engine project will address critical business needs, particularly benefiting the client and other downstream systems through the development of a centralized, enterprise-wide solution.

Strong technical oversight is essential to review and ensure that the solution's architecture, technical design, and code development align with client's development standards and best practices. Without appropriate technical leadership and oversight, design deficiencies and coding errors could result in data integrity issues, increased maintenance costs, and potential inaccuracies in the information processed and reported to state and federal agencies.

Tasks:

• Streamlining business processes, maintaining data integrity, ensuring compliance with client's standards, and implementing appropriate application security measures.
• Actively participate in application development, enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation activities.
• Contribute to technical analysis, solution design, and the development of technology roadmaps for supported applications to ensure long-term sustainability and alignment with departmental objectives.
• Ensure technical quality, scalability, security, and compliance from the outset will help minimize these risks and support the long-term sustainability and reliability of the enterprise solution.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and technical leadership skills.
• Provide technical leadership to the application development team.
• Experience working in Agile development teams.
• Lead the team including designing, development of complex computer systems using Java technologies.

Skills Required

• 10+ years' Experience developing enterprise applications using Java.
• 10+ years' Experience reviewing technical design to ensure the enterprise design standards are maintained
• Strong hands-on experience with Java 17/21, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, and RESTful APIs.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL, database design, SQL development, and performance optimization.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• LinkedIn profile
• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience with Healthcare integrations using HL7, CDA, FHIR, eCR, or ELR.
• Experience with Kafka, Amazon SQS, or other messaging technologies.
• Knowledge of LOINC, SNOMED CT, and terminology management.
• Experience designing and developing cloud-native applications using microservices architecture.
• Experience with JSON processing, API integrations, and asynchronous messaging.
• Experience with Git, unit testing, debugging, and code reviews.
• Experience preparing technology roadmap for supported applications.
• Experience with configurable business rules engines such as Drools.
• Experience with rule authoring, validation, classification, and message routing.
• 1+ years' Experience working with AI technologies and utilizing Kiro AI code generation tool.
• 10+ years Design and review of logical and physical data model in SQL and/or PL/SQL.
• 8+ years Preparing and maintaining the technology roadmap for the supported applications.
• 8+ years' Experience programming using Java JEE Spring/SpringBoot Framework 3.0.
• 10+ years' Experience developing complex computer systems using java IDEs such as Eclipse, STS.
• 3+ years' Experience or Knowledge on creating CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• 8+ years' Experience with the development using Hibernate/JPA framework.
• 5+ years' Experience with JBOSS Enterprise SOA and Devops containers environment.
• 5+ years' Experience implementing agile development processes including test driven development.
• 5 years/ Cloud technologies experience, preferably in AWS.