Sr Java Developer

Role: Sr Java Developer
Position Type: Full-Time Contract (40hrs/week)
Contract Duration: Through June 2025 (fiscal year end)
Work Hours: Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Work Schedule: 8 hours/day (Mon-Fri)
Location: 100% Remote (Candidates can work from anywhere in LATAM Countries)

Our client is looking for a Java Developer that will support the team in an Agile/Scrum software development lifecycle for the development of applications running in a fully automated DevOps, Cloud, and Micro Services based environment. Work with their business partners to identify requirements and architecture and implement scalable, open solutions using Cloud Native technologies, including and leveraging AWS services, Machine Learning techniques, GIT, Jenkins, Docker containerization and virtualization, and Terraform. These applications are primarily on Java and NodeJS technology stacks. Coordinate and participate in requirements gathering, research of scalable analytic techniques, team collaboration, software development, software documentation, and technology roadmaps. The ideal candidate not only knows how to write code, but also, identify and solve problems relating to scale, security, and analytics. This position requires a deep technical understanding of software development best practices, coding standards and governance.

Responsibilities:

• Experience to fulfill strategy, implementation and workflow of the Media/Digital Asset Management systems. (Experience with Vidispine, Cantemo, and production asset management systems are a plus).
• Create technical specifications based on functional requirements.
• Participate in a development team, producing components for new and existing applications.
• Perform basic support and debugging in test and production environments.
• Maintain and repair existing applications.
• Act as a key contributor in an agile sprint team, performing sprints on new and existing applications.
• Identify and escalate problems.
• Ability to develop applications to scale in cloud based environments such as: GCP or AWS.
• Ability to develop high traffic APIs & websites.
• Ability to develop in a DevOps environment.
• Ability to develop in a fully automated CI/CD environment.
• Ability to develop highly secure, public facing applications with performance and security as a priority.
• Hands-on experience with software design and development.
• Experience supporting a high-availability environment, 24/7 operation.
• Experience building/deploying Video players, transcoding & streaming solutions would be a nice to have.

Must Have Skills:

• Java (Backend Focused)
• SpringBoot
• AWS Cloud
• Microservices
• REST APIs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Superior problem solving, organizational, decision-making, written, oral and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in designing and developing large, scalable and complex systems.
• Experience in Cloud technologies (eg: AWS, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes).
• Experience in Build and CICD technologies e.g.: Maven, Jenkins.
• Develop and maintain high-quality applications using Java technology stack and object-oriented methodologies.
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full-stack of development tools and technologies.
• Proficiency with Java 8/Java EE, core Spring framework, Hibernate/JPA, Git, Linux, application servers.
• Experience in building, maintaining and debugging cloud-native production-grade applications on AWS using services like Containers, EC2, EBS, and S3.
• Sound knowledge of RESTful Webservice design, NoSQL and SQL database design, and transaction management principles.
• Experience with Web application development, including OWF, Servlets, Grails, Play, MVC, JSON, XHTML and HTML5, CSS up to and includin3, SASS/LESS, Angular, View, or ReactJS. ReactJS Preferred.
• Experience with algorithm implementation.
• Experience with distributed message or stream processing frameworks in a cloud environment.
• Experience working in Digital Media based environments.
• Test Driven Development (TDD) exposure and understanding.
• Experience working with junior developers and peer programming techniques such as XP, Peer Programming, and others.
• Adheres to department standards, policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
• Available to work flexible hours based on requirements and needs