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Full Stack Developer

Surge IT
Alexandria, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/7/2026
Full Stack Developer with experience building cloud-native applications using Java/Spring Boot microservices and modern JavaScript SPA frameworks. The ideal candidate designs and implements scalable, resilient backend APIs and responsive frontend applications aligned to business requirements. Candidate will follow Agile methodologies, contribute to design documentation, and drive quality through automated testing, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development tools.

Required Skills

  • Excellent problemsolving skills, including identifying areas for improvement for application code and development processes
  • Strong backend experience with Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, REST/JSON APIs, JPA/Hibernate, and microservices architecture
  • Experience with AWS services (Lambda, S3, SQS/SNS, SES, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch) and eventdriven architecture
  • Strong knowledge and development experience in componentbased JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, or Ember
  • Proficiency in HTML, CSS/SASS, and Bootstrap
  • Experience designing unit, integration, and endtoend automated tests (JUnit, Mockito, Jest, Cypress, or Playwright)
  • Experience with database design including Stored Procedures, DML, and DDL tasks
  • Experience with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized applications using tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Ability to stay up to date on the latest technologies and how to integrate them into new and existing systems

Preferred Skills

  • Experience developing UI libraries
  • Experience with observability tooling — structured logging, monitoring, and alerting using CloudWatch Logs, CloudWatch Monitoring, AppDynamics, and/or Splunk
  • Experience with Jmeter performance tooling
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and/or cloudmanaged databases (RDS, Aurora)
  • Experience working in a scaled agile (SAFe) program
  • Experience with JIRA and Confluence
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills

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