Sr Java Developer

Senior Full-Stack Developer Location: Bethesda, MD and Remote About Futrend Futrend Technology, Inc. (" Futrend") is an innovative business and technology solutions provider. Our primary focus and core competencies are in Healthcare IT, Federal Financial Management, and Grants Management. We excel at providing customers with high-value solutions that support their missions and meet their most critical objectives and business needs. We provide full lifecycle IT services to Federal agencies with recognized excellence in complex real-time system integration and enterprise-wide system implementation. Utilizing proven technologies, industry best practices, and a customer-centric approach, our highly qualified, motivated staff has distinguished Futrend as an upcoming leader. At Futrend, our staff shares our core values of honesty, integrity, hard work, excellence, and self-improvement. We value our staff for their skills, knowledge, experience, and contributions. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package


Futrend Technology is seeking Senior Full-Stack Developers to support a modernization project. This is a high-impact role focused on the architectural transformation of a legacy JDK 7 Spring MVC/Hibernate monolith into a modern, high-performance ecosystem using JDK 21 and a React/TypeScript frontend. You will be responsible for deconstructing legacy patterns and implementing modern component-based architectures.


Core Responsibilities
• Monolith Migration: Lead the technical transition of legacy Spring MVC/Hibernate applications (JDK 7) to modern Java 21 standards.
• Frontend Revolution: Replace legacy JSP and Taglib-based views with a modern, responsive React, TypeScript, and Node.js stack.
• Full-Stack Engineering: Build and maintain end-to-end features, ensuring seamless integration between modern React components and Spring-based RESTful APIs.
• Database Evolution: Manage and optimize relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), ensuring data integrity and performance during the transition from legacy Hibernate mappings to modern ORM practices.
• AI-Augmented Development: Utilize and experiment with modern AI tooling to accelerate code refactoring, documentation, and migration workflows.

Senior Full-Stack Developer Dec 2025
• Cloud Modernization: Support the migration of these refactored services to AWS GovCloud, ensuring high availability and federal security compliance. Required Technical Expertise Candidates must demonstrate "expert-level" proficiency in the following areas:
• Web Ecosystem - Deep experience with Web development and a strong understanding of Spring Web/MVC and Hibernate ORM.
• Frontend Core - Mastery of HTML5, CSS3, and Modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Modern Frameworks - Professional experience building complex SPAs using React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
• Database - Advanced Relational Database skills (SQL, schema design, query optimization) with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Architecture - Experience moving from monolithic JSP-based architectures to decoupled API-driven architectures.


Minimum Qualifications
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related IT field.
• US Citizenship or Green Card (Required for federal background investigation).
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Full-Stack Java Development.
• Proven track record of building/migrating enterprise applications from the ground up.
• Expertise in the "Migration Stack": Java 21, Spring MVC, Hibernate, React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
• Strong knowledge of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Understanding of security best practices for web applications.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to design efficient, scalable solutions.
• Proficiency in GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, or similar
• Experience documenting technical requirements


Preferred Qualifications
• Legacy Modernization: Specific experience migrating legacy JSPs and Taglibs to React components (JDK 7 to JDK 21)
• Cloud: Experience with AWS GovCloud and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• DevOps: Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and Agile tools (JIRA/Confluence).
• Domain: Experience with the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
• Experience in healthcare IT, solutions and/or services focused federal agencies
• Experience working onsite with clients, government client preferred