Lead Java Developer

Needs to sit in Woodbridge, NJ - 4 days onsite. In person interview is required. VIDEO INTERIEW is A MUST FOR SUBMISSION. Glider test will be sent out once ready.

Need someone with leadership exp in being an SME and taking ownership of tracking, communication and problem solving.

SQL Top priority

We need someone with advanced SQL skills. They must be able to write, troubleshoot, and optimize complex SQL queries for data analysis and application execution. So far, all candidates were weakest in SQL than their other skills.

JAVA Second priority

We need someone with advanced skills to write and support JAVA service interfaces for data retrieval, data insertion, and UI support.

ANGULAR Third priority

We need someone with a good understanding of Angular development. We have fewer UI changes than SQL and JAVA.

Manager feedback- please see below 8/10 update- NEED CANDIDATES

SQL Excellent SQL skills performing data analysis, complex query writing and support, and skilled with query optimization.

JAVA Excellent JAVA skills, including microservice development

Angular Good Angular and front-end UI skills

Excellent communication to lead technical and requirement discussions

Technical lead with experience managing projects and small teams of developers

Understands and utilizes AI tools for development

Senior software engineer

Will be leading the ADR application

Full java stack developer

Angular

Rest Services

SQL Server

Strong SQL skills

Strong copilot/AI skills for code generation/maintenance

Senior Java Developer / Application SME

Seeking a Lead Senior Java Developer / Application SME to take ownership of an application portfolio. This is a hands-on full-stack role requiring strong Java, SQL, Angular, and AI experience, combined with technical leadership, strong business communication, and the ability to proactively identify and drive solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on Java/J2EE enterprise application development
• Experience as a Technical Lead, Application SME, Application Lead, or similar role
• Experience owning or supporting enterprise applications
• Strong business communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to track applications, issues, action items, dependencies, and deliverables
• Experience providing clear status updates and communication to leadership and business stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to seek out and drive solutions
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple applications and competing technical issues

Back-End

• Core Java including multi-threading, Executor framework, concurrency patterns, and performance optimization
• Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Hibernate, MyBatis
• RESTful web services and microservices architecture
• JBoss and/or Apache Tomcat
• Strong SQL experience including complex queries, stored procedures, database design, query optimization, and performance tuning
• XML/XSLT, JSON

Front-End

• Angular 14+ - component architecture, reactive forms, RxJS, routing, and Spring Boot REST API integration
• TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, AJAX
• JSP, JSTL

AI Development

• Hands-on experience using AI tools in software development , including coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or code review
• GitHub Copilot in Agent mode - active use required
• Experience with AI/LLM tools, APIs, prompt engineering, RAG, or AI-enabled application development preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• P&C insurance domain experience
• Experience supporting a large enterprise application portfolio
• JVM and database performance tuning
• AWS experience or certifications