Lead Java Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Lead Java Developer (Financial Services)

Phoenix, Arizona

US Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States Only

@Orchard LLC has an immediate requirement for multiple talented Lead Java Developers to support a major management consulting engagement, working onsite for a leading Retail Bank, located in the Phoenix, AZ area.

As the JAVA Developer, you will.

• Be responsible for the development, support, maintenance, and implementation of Java front-end-based project modules.
• Translate software requirements into scalable, secure Java-based applications, including writing specifications and designing, building, testing, implementing, and supporting applications using Java, React, and Python.
• Participate in project planning sessions with technical and functional leads, business analysts, and other team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed IT solutions.
• Collaborate in design reviews, providing input on security requirements, data flow to define technical requirements, and ensuring high-quality code and adherence to coding standards.
• Design and implement scalable, secure Java-based applications.
• Design and optimize SQL queries for performance and scalability.
• Work with Oracle databases and write PL/SQL stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
• Develop and maintain event-driven architecture using Apache Kafka for real-time data processing.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data streaming pipelines, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Ability to deploy, manage, and scale applications on OpenShift.
• Participate in code reviews and Agile development processes, ensuring alignment with pre-defined architectural specifications and identifying/troubleshooting application code-related issues.
• Provide hands-on coaching and support for junior software team personnel in microservices development, systems architecture, reuse, development processes, and technical direction.
• Act as a technical advisor on specialized phases of system design, programming, implementation, and analysis, leading and participating in major system design, development, and implementations.
• Gather system requirements, develop specifications, write code according to specifications, review others' code/designs, diagnose and fix bugs in conjunction with the QA team, and work independently and as part of an agile team.

Your background experience and qualifications will include.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience as a developer with Java Springboot, SQL, OCP, Jenkins, Kafka, and Oracle PL/SQL.
• Proven hands-on Software Development experience and knowledge of Java build tools.
• Hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP).
• Good Understanding of containerization (Docker concepts).
• Ability to deploy, manage, and scale applications on OpenShift.
• Proven hands-on working experience and strong proficiency in Core Java.
• Good Understanding of event-driven architecture and messaging systems.
• Experience building Kafka producers and consumers.
• Proven working experience in a team using collaboration tools like GIT, JIRA, etc.
• Hands-on experience building RESTful APIs using Spring Boot.
• Strong command over SQL queries (SELECT, JOINs, subqueries, aggregations).
• Experience writing stored procedures, functions, and packages, and good knowledge of triggers, cursors, and exception handling in PL/SQL.
• Demonstrated Unit and Integration testing experience.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills.

Compensation: Compensation ranges are determined by several factors, including skill set, experience, licensure and certifications, and location. The anticipated range for a base salary for this role is between $115K & $135K. There may be some flexibility for exceptionally qualified individuals.

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at .