Java Full Stack Engineer

Java Full Stack Engineer

Immediate need for a talented Java Full Stack Engineer. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Westlake, TX (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Pay Range: $70 - $80/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, maintain, and provide ongoing support for enterprise-grade products.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and triage issues across production and non-production environments.
• Independently develop and support assigned features across the full delivery lifecycle, following established designs and standards.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Prior experience in the financial services industry is a strong plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate optimally within distributed or cross-functional teams.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3–5 years of technical leadership experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience developing and supporting RESTful APIs and microservices using modern Java frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, Micronaut, Dropwizard).
• Experience designing and implementing scalable backend services leveraging relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle) with strong SQL and data modeling skills.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise messaging and asynchronous integration patterns using message brokers such as ActiveMQ, Kafka, or similar technologies.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, API design, service integration, and event-driven architecture.
• Hands-on experience with the AWS cloud ecosystem, including deployment, scaling, and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience implementing automated unit & integration testing using Junit, mocking, BDD frameworks.
• Familiarity with developer productivity and AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar strongly preferred.
• Experience implementing and working with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure support strongly preferred.
• Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.