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Saxon Global

Application Architect/ Senior Java Developer

Saxon Global, Boston, MA, United States

Must be able to work 4 days onsite

No H1B

Senior Java Developer

Client: Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp

Must be local to Boston, MA

$60hr - 10 month contract

**Notes from client**

This team is responsible for core enterprise architecture

looking for java + spring + aws (S3, ec2,kubernetes) + xml + json + jenkins + maven

someone who can convert java to json (vice-versa)

mostly backend development

90% dev 10% deployment

Senior Java Developer role is 70% middle tier Server and 30% presentation tier. Developers are expected implement requirements from the front end through to the database / OOM layer.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with Business Analysts to understand requirements and translate to design
  • Source code development
  • Unit test case development
  • Functional/system integration testing support and Deployment
  • Support production as needed and meet development schedules
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree, in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience developing web-based applications
  • Minimum 5 years development experience in Java/J2EE technologies
  • Strong Communication Skills
The successful candidate must have, in order of importance:
  • Experience with Spring, Spring MVC, an ORM framework (myBatis or Hibernate preferred)
  • Experience using and implementing RESTful web services
  • Experience with Java, JavaScript, JSP, CSS, HTML, jQuery
  • Experience with multi-threading using core Java libraries particularly the Executor framework.
  • Knowledge of XML, JSON, and AJAX techniques
  • Strong understanding of SQL database design
  • Self-motivated and willing to learn
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
The below skills are nice to have in addition to the required skills in order of preference:
  • Experience with JBoss, Apache, Tomcat
  • Experience with Angular, React, Node.js and XSLT
  • Experience with unit testing frameworks such as jUnit or Selenium
  • Strong understanding of stored procedures
  • Experience with Cloud technologies focused on AWS
  • Experience with CI/CD Pipelines
  • Familiarity with Web application security considerations
  • Must have good understanding of non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, maintainability, security)
  • Prior experience developing property & casualty applications
  • Familiarity with developing cross-browser and cross-platform compatible solutions