Senior Full Stack Java / Angular Developer with Kafka

Senior Full Stack Java / Angular Developer with Kafka

Location: Woodlawn, MD | Onsite

Note: This role is expected to be onsite 5 days a week.

Interview: In-person interview required

Description:

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Java / Angular Developer with Kafka to design, develop, and modernize high-throughput, low-latency applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, REST APIs, and microservices.

The ideal candidate will have strong full-stack development experience, cloud-native application expertise, DevOps knowledge, and experience working with Agile teams. This role will also contribute to application modernization, Section 508 compliance, CI/CD improvements, technical design discussions, and mentoring junior and mid-level developers.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, and REST APIs.

Develop scalable, cloud-native microservices and Single-Page Applications.

Build responsive and Section 508-compliant web applications.

Develop modern UI components using Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML, AJAX, and jQuery.

Design and develop RESTful and SOAP-based web services.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket, Maven, and related tools.

Design and deploy cloud-native applications using AWS and PostgreSQL.

Develop unit tests using JUnit, Mockito, and other testing frameworks.

Participate in customer technical and architecture discussions.

Identify opportunities to improve application architecture, code quality, and development processes.

Collaborate with business analysts, QA, project managers, and engineering teams.

Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level developers.

Required Qualifications

10 years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, Angular, and React.

Strong Java/JEE design and development experience.

Strong hands-on experience with Angular 9 .

Experience designing high-throughput and low-latency applications.

Experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, and Single-Page Applications.

Experience developing responsive web applications and understanding browser compatibility.

Experience deploying cloud-native applications on AWS with PostgreSQL.

Strong experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven architecture, including producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, Kafka Connect, and Kafka Streams.

Strong experience with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket, Jira, Nexus, Maven, SonarQube, Fortify, and UrbanCode Deploy.

Experience with REST/SOAP, XML, JSON, JAX-WS, AXIS, Jersey, and CXF.

Experience with OAuth2/JWT and web application security.

Experience with JUnit, Mockito, TDD, BDD, and Cucumber.

Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, DB2, Tomcat, and WebSphere.

Experience using SonarQube and addressing bugs, vulnerabilities, hotspots, and technical debt.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience optimizing Kafka performance, replication, partitioning, and message retention.

Knowledge of current AI technologies and experience identifying opportunities to apply AI to existing application architectures.

Experience implementing Section 508 accessibility standards.

Experience preparing technical white papers and system design documents.

Prior experience working on federal or state government IT projects.

Experience with containerization and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Experience with Twelve-Factor App methodology and cloud-native architecture.