Develop and maintain Java full-stack microservice applications for a government customer. Responsibilities include designing backend and frontend capabilities, building RESTful services, integrating Kafka messaging, managing relational databases, developing Vue.js interfaces, supporting cloud and virtualized deployments, resolving production issues, and participating in Agile ceremonies. The engineer will also provide technical guidance, support end users, and help deliver secure, distributed enterprise systems.
Java Full Stack Engineer:
Colorado Springs, CO.
Job Description:
Cohere is looking for a self-starting, team-oriented Mid-to-Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic development team in supporting a Government customer. The team is researching and designing prototypes for large-scale distributed enterprise micro-service applications using web technologies, distributed computation and storage frameworks, and sophisticated, cutting-edge domain analytics, with the system hosted on virtualized and cloud-computing platforms. The successful candidate will have the ability to work both independently with little supervision as well as engage with a team to achieve overall project objectives.
Essential Functions:
The Java Full Stack Engineer participates in a development team using Agile methodologies combined with mature software practices and technology-supported development infrastructure. The Java Full Stack Engineer will execute full lifecycle agile workflow including daily SCRUMs, story grooming and bidding, and sprint execution. The Java Full Stack Engineer will research, design, develop, and extend the software baseline to implement new capabilities and to mature existing capabilities using key enabling technologies and frameworks. The Java Full Stack Engineer will help maintain the deployed system, diagnose and resolve issues, and provide support to end-users as needed. The Java Full Stack Engineer will provide technical and methodological guidance to the team, while helping steer the team to be self-reliant and highly effective at meeting project objectives.
The ideal candidate will have outstanding technical talent; have the desire to continuously learn and apply new skills and technologies; and be eager to take on hard problems and develop successful solutions to achieve the overall mission.
Experience in modeling and simulation, designing and developing secure Cloud-Agnostic applications using Vue.js, Quasar, Spring Boot, AWS Lambda, and microservice architectures.
Compensation range: $150,000.00 to $250,000.00,depending on experience level.
Colorado Springs, CO.
Job Description:
Cohere is looking for a self-starting, team-oriented Mid-to-Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic development team in supporting a Government customer. The team is researching and designing prototypes for large-scale distributed enterprise micro-service applications using web technologies, distributed computation and storage frameworks, and sophisticated, cutting-edge domain analytics, with the system hosted on virtualized and cloud-computing platforms. The successful candidate will have the ability to work both independently with little supervision as well as engage with a team to achieve overall project objectives.
Essential Functions:
The Java Full Stack Engineer participates in a development team using Agile methodologies combined with mature software practices and technology-supported development infrastructure. The Java Full Stack Engineer will execute full lifecycle agile workflow including daily SCRUMs, story grooming and bidding, and sprint execution. The Java Full Stack Engineer will research, design, develop, and extend the software baseline to implement new capabilities and to mature existing capabilities using key enabling technologies and frameworks. The Java Full Stack Engineer will help maintain the deployed system, diagnose and resolve issues, and provide support to end-users as needed. The Java Full Stack Engineer will provide technical and methodological guidance to the team, while helping steer the team to be self-reliant and highly effective at meeting project objectives.
The ideal candidate will have outstanding technical talent; have the desire to continuously learn and apply new skills and technologies; and be eager to take on hard problems and develop successful solutions to achieve the overall mission.
- Backend:
- Spring and/or Spring Boot frameworks; web endpoint controllers, Kafka listeners, JPA framework, Testcontainers
- Microservice architecture, message passing state sharing
- Database – PostgreSQL or any SQL (Experience with PostgreSQL or similar Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
- Web app server
- Familiar (Experience preferred) with open-source web application server such as Apache HTTP, Tomcat
- Middle tier – messaging systems
- Experience using the following:
- Kafka – or any Java-based message broker – including managing topics, filtering with headers, supporting broad distributed services
- Experience in development and usage with RESTful web services including asynchronous futures
- Experience using the following:
- Frontend:
- Experience with development using Vue.js front-end web application platform or similar web framework
- B.S. degree Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline and 9+ years of experience or M.S. degree and 7 years of experience.
- 4 years’ experience Java development with Spring and/or Spring Boot framework establishing services for each tier (backend, frontend, web, and middle).
- 3 Years' experience with Vue.js front-end web application platform and UI components or similar web framework.
- 3 years’ experience with middle tier messaging systems, Kafka or similar and development and usage with RESTful web services
- 3 plus years' experience with Java development with Relational Database Management.
Experience in modeling and simulation, designing and developing secure Cloud-Agnostic applications using Vue.js, Quasar, Spring Boot, AWS Lambda, and microservice architectures.
Compensation range: $150,000.00 to $250,000.00,depending on experience level.
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