Full-stack Java Developer (junior)

Softrams is one of the fastest growing digital services firms in the Washington Metropolitan regions crafting human-centered solutions and empowering digital services with a focus on HX, AI, cloud, DevOps and cyber security. Our offices are located in Leesburg VA, Baltimore MD, and Plano TX, and our teams are spread across the U.S. 

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Job Description:  Softrams, LLC is looking for a full-time FullStack (Java) developer who will be part of a collaborative team that builds modern and usableapplications for mission-critical U.S. federal government immigration IT solutions.     This role is eligible for 100% remote work; however, the selected candidate must be able to perform work during standard east coast working hours of 9am ET to 5pm ET. 

Federal Requirements:

• Must be a citizen of the United States.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance designation.
• Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States.
• Must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computerscience or equivalent
• 3+ years of Agile cloud development experience required.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in building scalable and resilient applications with Java/ J2EE framework especially Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security etc.
• Experience with front-end technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and UI frameworks like React, Angular (v15+).
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with build tools like Maven, and Gradle.
• Experience with CI/CD practices and tools like Jenkins
• Experience with development and maintenance using GitHub.
• Experience with unit testing and code coverage (SonarQube) frameworks.
• Experience working in agile environments using tools like JIRA, Confluence, and Slack.
• Experience working with AWS ecosystem (S3, EKS, RDS, Lambda) and related tools and technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• One or more AWS certifications.
• Experience working with no sql databases like DynamoDB, or MongoDB

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and understand complex business and engineering challenges.
• Collaborate with UX teams to understand user needs, and design end-to-end user experience with practical, reliable, and efficient solutions.
• Designmodern, scalable, and open-source solutionsand architectures (web app, micro-services-based APIs, data stores)while taking an enterprise view of connected systems, interfaces, downstream impacts.
• Explaincomplex solutions in simple and intuitive manner to different stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multiple small teams to design, develop and deliver product features incremental and iterative manner.
• Be a champion for modern application development practices and mentor team members towards them.
• Support test-driven development using various automated testing tools.
• Perform as a great team player and solve challenges as part of a team.
• Explore alternatives and quickly build prototyping to validate ideas and help iterate concepts.

Benefits and Perks:

• 65%-75% company-sponsored (including dependents) premiums towards medical, dental and vision insurance. 100% employer sponsored STD, LTD and life insurance (min $100K). Voluntary life insurance option available.
• Retirement 401(k) plan with employer matching. Immediate vesting.
• Vacation and sick leave.
• Parental and maternity leave.
• Discretionary bonuses, spot awards, gifts, and tenure-based rewards.
• Company-sponsored role-based training and certifications.
• Monthly Doordash DashPass subscription.
• Group discounts via LifeMart ADP