Job Title:         Senior Java Developer

Location:       Oakland, CA / Rancho Cordova, CA or Alpharetta, GA

Type:              Contract

Required : USC/GC/H4 EAD ...( No H1B's and GC EAD.)

The Senior Software Engineer will help build and support enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot Microservices, and Microsoft Azure cloud services. Along with writing effective code, the position will be responsible for designing, building, delivering, maintaining, and supporting highly scalable, secure, and high-performance products and applications. The incumbent will use industry best practices and work collaboratively with a cross-functional team of product managers, UX designers, architects, principal engineers, software engineers, test automation teams, and DevOps engineers.

Responsibilities

• Performs as a key contributor to an engineering team that builds and supports exceptional products and enterprise applications that provide innovative solutions to challenging business use cases, existing systems, and operational problems
• Designs, develops, and maintains scalable, secure, and high-performance applications using Core Java, Spring Boot Microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed system architectures
• Develops high-quality and production-ready software by using best-practice data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and frameworks that are maintainable, scalable, responsive, and secure
• Writes highest quality code with attention to scalability, security, and performance and with an end-to-end mindset from conception to delivery and production support, owning specifications, quality, release deployments, and monitoring of production health
• Designs and implements RESTful APIs, event-driven integrations, and distributed system architectures
• Analyzes, designs, and optimizes database schemas, tables, indexes, queries, and data access strategies
• Troubleshoots and resolves performance, scalability, and reliability issues across application and database layers
• Participates in code reviews, provides technical guidance, and mentors software engineers
• Supports CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, cloud-native operational practices, and monitoring of production health
• Provides production support, incident troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensures adherence to coding standards, security requirements, and enterprise architecture guidelines

Skills/Experience:       Qualifications

           Java AND Azure AND Core Java (Java 17+)

• 4+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise applications using Java and Microservices Architecture.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field; additional experience may be accepted in lieu of education or degree.
• Strong expertise in Core Java (Java 17+) is required, including Object-Oriented Programming, Collections Framework, Multithreading and Concurrency, Exception Handling, and JVM Performance Tuning. 
• Extensive experience developing Spring Boot Microservices is required.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, and Microservices Architecture is required.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and data modeling, including database schema design, tables, indexes, views, stored procedures, SQL performance tuning, and query optimization is required.
• Ability to independently design and develop enterprise-grade solutions, contribute to modernization initiatives, and drive continuous improvements in performance, scalability, and reliability is required.
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting production systems is required.
• Strong written, verbal, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills are required.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and DevOps practices is required.
• Experience designing and developing highly scalable and secure applications and products.
• Experience developing and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Azure services such as Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Application Insights, and Azure DevOps is a plus.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments is a plus.
• Exposure to event-driven architectures, messaging technologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a plus.
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, or other highly regulated enterprise environments is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to support mission-critical production environments.
• Ability to understand business plans and apply that information to the development of an IT business case.
• Anticipates problems, resistance, or likely objections and takes action to resolve them.