Java Developer

Overview

Join a leading financial services firm that partners with Aquent, revolutionizing how businesses manage their equity compensation. As a key member of the Stock Plan Services team, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing a cutting-edge platform that streamlines and enhances the user experience for our B2B clients. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact on a large-scale project, collaborating with a talented team to deliver a best-in-class solution.
Be a driving force in the development of a consolidated platform of microservices, uniting disparate applications into a seamless, holistic user experience. Lead the charge in technical design, development, and implementation, leveraging your expertise to shape the future of equity compensation management. This role offers the chance to mentor and guide a skilled team, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the technical design, development, and implementation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems.
• Mentor and guide a scrum team in Java and Cloud Development platforms, encompassing front-end and back-end technologies such as Spring-Boot and PCF.
• Ensure deliverables adhere to stringent quality standards, encompassing code quality, unit test cases, and best coding practices.
• Conduct thorough code reviews, providing insightful feedback to team members.
• Lead development on Proof-of-Concept projects, establishing reusable patterns for development.
• Actively participate in agile ceremonies, leading technology solutioning across a large team.
• Prepare comprehensive technical documentation, including high-level design, system design documents, and architecture documents, securing necessary approvals from the architect team.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team, coordinating with offshore development and testing teams as needed.
• Champion security best practices, ensuring code is vulnerability-free, reusable, flexible, and performant.
• Configure automated builds and deployments using tools like Bamboo, Jenkins, GitHub, or Travis CI.
• Write comprehensive unit test cases for all code implementations.
• Create Bamboo pipelines for CI/CD into PCF environments.
• Adhere to established guidelines for best development practices.
• Actively participate in and contribute to all agile ceremonies.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree or an advanced degree in computer science or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience developing with Java, Spring-Boot, Spring Framework, Cloud-based development, RESTful microservices, and micro-UI development.
• Experience mentoring junior and staff-level developers.
• Strong expertise in system design, from mid-scale to enterprise applications.
• Proven ability to translate proposed architecture and leadership goals into detailed technical design documents and solution roadmaps.
• Experience with the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including delivery.
• Strong ability to design for functional and non-functional qualities, including availability, resiliency, security, and performance.
• 1-3 years of experience with Atlassian tool suites (Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jira, Confluence).
• Experience using IDEs and Git repositories for code management.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Front-end design and coding experience with Angular or similar tools.
• Experience with test-driven development (TDD) or behavior-driven development (BDD).

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $69.00 to $76.67 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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