Senior Java Engineer – AWS & Vertex AI

The Hartford; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to modernize enterprise applications across Java, AWS, and GCP-based AI enablement. This role partners with business, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions aligned to Hartford standards.

Focus areas include AWS infrastructure, GCP Vertex AI, and IaC/automation with CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, YAML specs, and Python Lambda. The role is hybrid with 3 days in the office and requires US work authorization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years hands-on Java/J2EE experience including Spring Boot, REST/SOAP, JMS, XML/JSON, JDBC, Flink or Camel.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and repeatable deployment patterns.
• Strong AWS experience across application infrastructure and production readiness; AWS certs are a plus.
• Experience applying GenAI across engineering workflows and automation.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across organization.

Responsibilities

• Modernize enterprise applications using Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, REST/SOAP, JMS, XML/JSON, JDBC and Camel.
• Partner with business, architecture, and engineering teams to translate outcomes into secure, scalable, production-ready solutions.
• Lead AWS infrastructure standards and reusable cloud patterns to improve delivery speed and reliability.
• Build GenAI and agentic AI solutions, including development and test agents, and workflow automation.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and automation using CloudFormation, Terraform/CDK, YAML specs, and Python Lambda.
• Integrate DevOps practices, automated testing, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with architecture and security to ensure compliance, resilience, maintainability and scalability.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to reusable patterns across teams.

Skills

Java/J2EE

Spring Boot

REST/SOAP

JMS

XML/JSON

JDBC

Flink

Apache Camel

GenAI

AWS

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform/CDK

Python

Lambda

Job description

The Hartford is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to modernize enterprise applications across Java, AWS, and GCP-based AI enablement. This role partners with business, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions aligned to Hartford standards.

Focus areas include AWS infrastructure, GCP Vertex AI, and IaC/automation with CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, YAML specs, and Python Lambda. The role is hybrid with 3 days in the office and requires US work authorization.