Senior Java Developer & Tech Lead – Microservices

SAIC; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Ashburn, VA seeks a highly capable Senior Full-stack Java Developer to craft scalable microservice architectures using Java/Spring Boot and modern frontend frameworks. You will work in a distributed team, employing AWS, Kubernetes, Oracle and Postgres databases, and participate in design reviews while delivering robust software across all layers of the stack.

The role requires strong cloud experience, mentoring abilities, and agility with tools like Eclipse, VSCode, and Atlassian;

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field with 14+ years of technical experience or Master's and 12+ years.
• Provisioning, operating, and maintaining systems running on AWS (or equivalent cloud providers).
• Solid experience with backend systems using Spring Boot.
• Java Frameworks such as Spring.
• UI development skills, specifically with Angular 19+.
• Database operations (Oracle and Postgres).
• Hibernate.
• JMS.
• XML, JSON.
• SQL, JDBC.
• Unix, Linux.
• Kubernetes.
• Experience with object-oriented analysis and design techniques.
• Thorough understanding of infrastructure (firewalls, load balancers, storage, monitoring, security etc.) and have experience with orchestration to develop a cloud solution.
• React, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• High level of self-motivation, desire to deliver stellar solutions and willingness to work in a distributed team environment.
• Ability to lead and mentor junior level developers.
• Openness to working on all layers of the application.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Micro Service Architecture JEE software applications.
• Use modern software engineering tools including Eclipse, VSCode, and Atlassian Suites for design, development, and testing the software.
• Present the solution at formal and informal design reviews, and document the design according to the Government’s system lifecycle methodology.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Angular

React

JMS

Kubernetes

AWS

Unix/Linux

SQL/JDBC

XML/JSON

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering

Master's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Eclipse

VSCode

Atlassian Suites

Oracle

Postgres

Hibernate

SOAP-UI

Selenium

Git

Gradle/Maven

JQuery

AngularJS

Job description

SAIC in Ashburn, VA seeks a highly capable Senior Full-stack Java Developer to craft scalable microservice architectures using Java/Spring Boot and modern frontend frameworks. You will work in a distributed team, employing AWS, Kubernetes, Oracle and Postgres databases, and participate in design reviews while delivering robust software across all layers of the stack.

The role requires strong cloud experience, mentoring abilities, and agility with tools like Eclipse, VSCode, and Atlassian;