{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"abd4690e8d82619533bea1cf","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/abd4690e8d82619533bea1cf","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/abd4690e8d82619533bea1cf","title":"Senior Java Developer | McLean, VA","description":"McLean, VA\n\nOctober 29, 2026\n\nWe are seeking a Senior Java Developer with 8+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, and microservices. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in event-driven systems, MongoDB, messaging, and building scalable, secure, and reliable backend solutions.\n\nThis role cannot support sponsorships.\n\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise backend services using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and AMQ-based messaging.\nBuild scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions using MongoDB, SQL/relational databases, AWS, Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native engineering practices.\nDevelop and enhance distributed systems, asynchronous messaging integrations, data access layers, and platform modernization components.\nCollaborate with Product Owners, architects, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, align on technical designs, manage dependencies, and deliver business outcomes.\nImplement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, secure coding practices, code reviews, and deployment standards.\nDevelop proofs of concept, prototypes, and demos to evaluate emerging technologies and validate architectural approaches.\nEnsure solutions meet security, compliance, auditability, performance, data quality, observability, and production-readiness standards.\nSupport production applications through incident triage, debugging, root-cause analysis, monitoring, alerting, and resiliency improvements.\nIndependently resolve complex technical challenges, reduce technical debt, improve existing codebases, and establish reusable engineering patterns.\nShare technical knowledge, document solutions, and promote engineering excellence through collaboration and continuous improvement.\nQualifications\n8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong hands-on expertise in enterprise backend development.\nExtensive experience designing and implementing AWS-based, event-driven distributed systems and cloud-native microservices.\nStrong hands-on proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices architecture, MongoDB, AMQ or similar messaging platforms, SQL/relational databases, and Kubernetes (mandatory).\nDeep understanding of AWS services, event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, enterprise integration patterns, API design, and distributed system resiliency.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, automated testing frameworks, secure coding, application performance tuning, and production deployments.\nStrong knowledge of MongoDB schema design, data modeling, clean architecture, application security, observability, and production support practices.\nProven ability to contribute to architecture and design discussions, evaluate technical solutions, build prototypes, and independently deliver complex backend capabilities.\nExperience with incident management, root-cause analysis, monitoring, logging, alerting, and continuous reliability improvements.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders, manage dependencies, and communicate solutions clearly.\nStrong individual contributor mindset, with ownership of deliverables, attention to code quality, and the ability to mentor peers and share best practices.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience. An advanced degree is preferred.\nKeys to Success\nDemonstrate strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, MongoDB, AMQ, REST APIs, and event-driven distributed systems.\nTake end-to-end ownership of backend solutions, from design and development through testing, deployment, and production support.\nDeliver secure, scalable, high-performing, and resilient services using modern cloud-native engineering practices.\nIndependently solve complex problems, simplify designs, reduce technical debt, and improve code quality and maintainability.\nPrioritize production reliability, observability, performance, compliance, and operational excellence throughout the delivery lifecycle.\nCollaborate effectively with stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.\nApply continuous improvement through production insights, engineering metrics, technical knowledge sharing, and reusable design patterns.","company":"Aktra","rawCompany":"aktra","city":"McLean","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-30T07:56:30.905Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1254.00","title":"Web Developers","slug":"web-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Java Developer | McLean, VA","description":"McLean, VA\n\nOctober 29, 2026\n\nWe are seeking a Senior Java Developer with 8+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, and microservices. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in event-driven systems, MongoDB, messaging, and building scalable, secure, and reliable backend solutions.\n\nThis role cannot support sponsorships.\n\nResponsibilities\nDesign, develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise backend services using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and AMQ-based messaging.\nBuild scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable solutions using MongoDB, SQL/relational databases, AWS, Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud-native engineering practices.\nDevelop and enhance distributed systems, asynchronous messaging integrations, data access layers, and platform modernization components.\nCollaborate with Product Owners, architects, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements, align on technical designs, manage dependencies, and deliver business outcomes.\nImplement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, secure coding practices, code reviews, and deployment standards.\nDevelop proofs of concept, prototypes, and demos to evaluate emerging technologies and validate architectural approaches.\nEnsure solutions meet security, compliance, auditability, performance, data quality, observability, and production-readiness standards.\nSupport production applications through incident triage, debugging, root-cause analysis, monitoring, alerting, and resiliency improvements.\nIndependently resolve complex technical challenges, reduce technical debt, improve existing codebases, and establish reusable engineering patterns.\nShare technical knowledge, document solutions, and promote engineering excellence through collaboration and continuous improvement.\nQualifications\n8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong hands-on expertise in enterprise backend development.\nExtensive experience designing and implementing AWS-based, event-driven distributed systems and cloud-native microservices.\nStrong hands-on proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices architecture, MongoDB, AMQ or similar messaging platforms, SQL/relational databases, and Kubernetes (mandatory).\nDeep understanding of AWS services, event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, enterprise integration patterns, API design, and distributed system resiliency.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, automated testing frameworks, secure coding, application performance tuning, and production deployments.\nStrong knowledge of MongoDB schema design, data modeling, clean architecture, application security, observability, and production support practices.\nProven ability to contribute to architecture and design discussions, evaluate technical solutions, build prototypes, and independently deliver complex backend capabilities.\nExperience with incident management, root-cause analysis, monitoring, logging, alerting, and continuous reliability improvements.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with technical and business stakeholders, manage dependencies, and communicate solutions clearly.\nStrong individual contributor mindset, with ownership of deliverables, attention to code quality, and the ability to mentor peers and share best practices.\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience. 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