Senior Java Developer - Child Support Management System

STRATEGIC MINDZ LLC; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

STRATEGIC MINDZ LLC in Albany, NY is seeking a Senior Java Developer to join the CSMS modernization team. You will design, develop, and maintain microservices and cloud-native applications that support child support case management, with a focus on Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, and robust REST APIs.

Collaborating with architects and business analysts, you will implement scalable batch jobs, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, review code, and mentor junior developers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional Java development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java 21 features (records, sealed classes, pattern matching, virtual threads).
• Proven experience designing and building microservices architectures with service decomposition, API gateway, service discovery, and distributed config.
• Extensive experience with Spring Boot and Spring ecosystem (MVC, Data, Security, Cloud).
• Hands-on experience with Spring Batch for large-scale batch processing.
• Solid understanding of Hibernate/JPA for ORM and DB interaction.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Proven track record building and consuming RESTful APIs with versioning and contract-first design.
• Experience with inter-service communication patterns (REST, messaging, event-driven).
• Experience deploying and operating microservices on AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, SQS, Lambda).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) for deployment pipelines.
• Strong understanding of design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean code.
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative workflows.
• Understanding distributed systems concerns: fault tolerance, circuit breakers, retries, observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices using Spring Boot with domain-driven design.
• Build and deploy loosely coupled services with clear API contracts.
• Develop scalable web apps, REST APIs, batch jobs, and integrations.
• Develop and optimize Spring Batch jobs for large-scale data processing.
• Implement data access with Hibernate/JPA against PostgreSQL.
• Manage inter-service communication via REST and messaging.
• Collaborate with architects and analysts to translate requirements.
• Mentor junior developers and review code.
• Troubleshoot distributed systems and resolve issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD improvements and deployment automation.
• Write unit and integration tests for quality.
• Work with cross-functional teams on system integrations.

Skills

Java development

Microservices architecture

REST APIs

Spring ecosystem

Hibernate/JPA

AWS cloud

CI/CD practices

Git version control

Distributed systems observability

Code reviews mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

PostgreSQL

OpenTelemetry

Flyway

Liquibase

Job description

Senior Java Developer – CSMS (Child Support Management System)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer to join the CSMS modernization team. You will design, develop, and maintain mission-critical microservices and applications that support child support case management operations. The role requires strong experience in microservices architecture — building, deploying, and maintaining loosely coupled, independently deployable services. Your work will span web application development, REST API services, batch processing, and system integrations within a cloud-native environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices using Spring Boot, following domain-driven design and service decomposition best practices
• Build and deploy loosely coupled, independently deployable services with well-defined API contracts
• Develop scalable web applications, RESTful APIs, batch jobs, and integration services for the application platform
• Develop and optimize Spring Batch jobs for high-volume data processing, reporting, and scheduled workflows
• Implement data access layers using Hibernate/JPA against PostgreSQL databases
• Manage inter-service communication patterns including synchronous REST calls and asynchronous messaging
• Collaborate with architects and business analysts to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior developers
• Troubleshoot application issues and provide timely resolutions across distributed microservices
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements and deployment automation for microservices
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability
• Work with cross-functional teams on system integration efforts including third-party and inter-agency data exchanges

Consultants may be eligible to telecommute for more than 50% of their work hours, up to and including 100% remote work. Telecommuting arrangements require direct manager approval and are subject to change based on program needs. Consultants approved for 100% remote work must attend monthly in-person meetings at the Albany office and be available for major milestone meetings as needed.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional Java development experience
• Strong proficiency in Java 21 (records, sealed classes, pattern matching, virtual threads)
• Proven experience designing and building microservices architectures — service decomposition, API gateway patterns, service discovery, and distributed configuration
• Extensive experience with Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem (Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Cloud)
• Hands-on experience with Spring Batch for large-scale batch processing
• Solid understanding of Hibernate/JPA for ORM and database interaction
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Proven track record of building and consuming RESTful APIs with proper versioning and contract-first design
• Experience with inter-service communication patterns (REST, messaging queues, event-driven)
• Experience deploying and operating microservices on AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, S3, SQS, Lambda)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar) for microservices deployment pipelines
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean code practices
• Experience with Git version control and collaborative development workflows
• Understanding of distributed system concerns: fault tolerance, circuit breakers, retries, and observability

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with government or public sector projects
• Hands-on experience with microservices patterns such as saga, CQRS, event sourcing, and API composition
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/ECS) for microservices deployment
• Knowledge of message-driven architecture (SQS, SNS, Kafka) for asynchronous inter-service communication
• Knowledge of API gateway solutions (AWS API Gateway, Spring Cloud Gateway)
• Experience with centralized logging and distributed tracing across microservices (CloudWatch, Splunk, Datadog, Zipkin, OpenTelemetry)
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Understanding of OAuth2/OpenID Connect for securing microservices
• Knowledge of database-per-service patterns and database migration tools (Flyway, Liquibase etc)

Flexible work from home options available.