Senior Java Engineer - Cloud-Native Backend & Spring Expert

Entagile; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Entagile is seeking several hands-on Senior Software Engineers to design, develop, and support scalable enterprise applications within collaborative Agile teams. You will contribute across lifecycle, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, performance optimization, and production support.

The role requires strong Java, AWS, SQL and NoSQL expertise, with Spring/Spring Boot experience. One position may require Alfresco.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of software-engineering experience, including substantial recent hands-on Java development.
• Strong experience with Java, Spring Framework, and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on AWS application-development and deployment experience.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Aurora.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, performance tuning, and secure coding.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision while contributing effectively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build scalable backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices.
• Contribute to system design across the API, application, data-persistence, and cloud-infrastructure layers.
• Design data models and develop efficient queries using both relational SQL databases and NoSQL technologies.
• Develop and deploy cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, ECS, Fargate, Step Functions, and Aurora.
• Write clean, modular, secure, and well-tested code following object-oriented design principles and established engineering standards.
• Develop unit and integration tests and participate in code reviews, test automation, and continuous integration and deployment.
• Troubleshoot complex application issues and improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Identify technical risks and cross-team dependencies early and recommend practical solutions.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, business stakeholders, and other engineering teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less-experienced engineers.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Java

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

AWS

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Oracle

Aurora

MongoDB

Cassandra

DynamoDB

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Entagile is seeking several hands-on Senior Software Engineers to design, develop, and support scalable enterprise applications within collaborative Agile teams. You will contribute across lifecycle, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, performance optimization, and production support.

The role requires strong Java, AWS, SQL and NoSQL expertise, with Spring/Spring Boot experience. One position may require Alfresco.