What are the responsibilities and job description for the Java Full Stack Developer position at Maryland Department of Information Technology?
Introduction
Maryland Benefits (MD Benefits) is a dynamic, cloud-based platform. This enterprise-wide digital service allows organizations to build, test, host, operate, and integrate mission-driven applications, data, and emerging technologies. MD Benefits offers cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities, a shared data architecture, and product development services, all developed by the State of Maryland to help multiple agencies deliver and manage health, human, and social service benefits and programs. On July 1, 2025, the operation of the MD Benefits shared platform and statewide applications transitioned from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to the Department of Information Technology (DoIT).
***This is a contractual position with limited benefits***
Main Purpose
The Java Full Stack Developer shall utilize IT equipment and languages to develop and prepare diagrammatic plans to solve business, management, communications, and strategic problems. This individual shall design detailed programs, flowcharts, and diagrams showing mathematical computations and sequence of machine operations necessary to copy and process data and print results. This individual shall verify the accuracy and completeness of programs and systems by preparing sample representative data, and perform testing by means of cycle and system processing.
Position Duties
The responsibilities of a Java Full Stack Developer include, but are not limited to the following duties:
- Candidates should be able to design, develop and implement complex solutions based on Java technology and related frameworks.
- Candidates should be able to assist in the system integration of components.
- Candidates should be to translate application requirements into web-based solutions using the recommended frameworks and technology.
- Should be able to integrate the components using Web Services, EJB, REST SOAP and other techniques.
Minimum Qualifications
This position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or a related scientific or technical discipline; or three (3) years of equivalent experience in a related field. (Note: A Master’s degree is preferred.) Will accept 7 years of experience in lieu of education.
General Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least eight (8) years of programming experience in software development or maintenance.
Specialized Experience: At least 8 years of experience in designing and developing applications in Java, scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript and web technologies such as Node.js and Angular.
- At least 3 years of experience in developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
- Experience in Java/J2EE, REST web services, JPA and unit testing code coverage.
- Extensive experience in Framework such as Spring, Hibernate.
- Experience in building front-end applications using JavaScript, Angular JS, JSON, jQuery.
- Experience in building back-end application code that interfaces with other systems, services and APIs/RESTful APIs.
- Knowledge in developing shell scripting.
- Knowledge in application servers such as JBOSS/Tomcat.
- Experience in build and integration tools such as Maven and Jenkins etc. and source control tools like Git.
- Experience writing business rules and business logic.
- Must have knowledge in building applications with concurrency.
- Must have knowledge of Spring Components and Spring Framework.
- Experience in Child Support programs, Integrated Eligibility and/or Health & Human Services domain.
- Experience working in cloud platforms and services such as Amazon Web Services, DevOps and containerized cloud environments is preferred.
- Experience with code reviews and continuous test-driven development.