Backend Java Developer

Backend Java Developer
Position Location: Birmingham, AL, 35233 - Onsite 5 days a week in office.

Length of Assignment: 10-12 Months Contract to Hire role.

Pay Rate: $60 to 75/hr. on W2 ONLY

Function of the Group: Customer Identity and Authentication
Initiatives/Projects: Supporting Clients with ID on authentication platform.

Industry background: Banking or financial background: Preferred

Roles and Responsibilities:
Design and Development: Analyze requirements and design software components or applications that fulfill business needs. Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code to implement new features and enhance existing ones.
Debugging and Maintenance: Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects and technical issues discovered during testing or reported by users. Continuously refactor and optimize code for performance, scalability, and security.
Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews and design reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and upholding coding standards. Incorporate feedback from others to improve code quality and maintain consistency across the codebase.
Collaboration: Work closely with other Software Engineers, Quality Engineers, Architects and Product to clarify requirements, define acceptance criteria, and ensure successful delivery of features. Participate actively in agile team ceremonies (such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives) to discuss progress and roadblocks.
Testing and Quality Assurance: Develop and execute unit tests and integration tests to ensure code reliability. Verify that solutions meet functional and performance criteria. Build automated test cases (e.g., using JUnit, Cucumber).
Automation and CI/CD: Ensure that automated builds, tests, and deployment scripts are in place, enabling rapid and safe delivery of software updates. Maintain and improve continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.
Process Improvement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of development practices and tools. Help streamline workflows by recommending or implementing enhancements in coding, testing, or deployment processes that improve team efficiency and product quality.

Must Have Technical Skills (3-10 Years of Experience Required):
Programming Languages: Proficiency in Java (preferred) or similar object-oriented programming languages.
Frameworks and Libraries: Experience with Java development frameworks and tools.
Web Services and APIs: Knowledge of RESTful API design and consumption. Ability to use and test web services effectively, including tools for API exploration and testing.
IDEs: Exposure to development and collaboration tools such as IDEs (e.g., IntelliJ, Eclipse), issue tracking systems (JIRA or similar), and project documentation tools.
Version Control: Proficient with version control systems, particularly Git based system like BitBucket, for managing codebase and collaboration.
CI/CD and DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD tools and pipelines (for example, Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitLab CI) to automate build, test, and deployment processes. Understanding of build tools like Maven or Gradle for Java projects.

Flex Skills/Nice to Have:
Databases: Basic understanding of relational databases (SQL) or NoSQL data stores and ability to write simple queries.
Familiarity with Spring/Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
Testing Tools: Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks and tools: e.g., JUnit/TestNG for unit testing, Cucumber (Behavior-Driven Development) for defining test scenarios, Karate or Postman for API testing, and Selenium WebDriver for UI testing.

Education/Certifications: Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.

Interview Process: One Virtual Panel interview with technical questions, a second interview if needed.

Hiring Manager Stack Ranking of Importance (Most Important to Least Important): 1. Skills 2. Location 3. Rate 4. Prior Client Exp.