Principal Java Developer
Bright Vision Technologies · Herndon, VA · Yesterday
RemoteRemoteEngineering$100k–$150k/yrFull-time
About the role
Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
This is a 100% remote, full-time, direct W2 position with a salary range of $100,000–$150,000 annually. We are seeking candidates with 6+ years of experience and offer sponsorship to U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and continuously refine scalable microservices using Java (11/17) and the Spring Boot framework
- Author secure, well-tested, and high-quality production code that adheres to internal coding standards
- Develop responsive, component-based front-end applications using React (or equivalent frameworks such as Angular or Vue)
- Design and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations that connect distributed backend systems
- Actively participate in architecture and design discussions, contributing thoughtful trade-off analyses
- Continuously profile and optimize application performance, database queries, JVM tuning parameters, and API throughput
- Implement and maintain robust state management patterns for complex front-end applications
- Develop comprehensive automated test suites using frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, Jest, and Cypress
- Contribute meaningfully to CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
- Proactively identify system bottlenecks, technical debt, and architectural weaknesses, and drive concrete remediation efforts
- Collaborate effectively within Agile/Scrum delivery teams, participating in sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, demos, and retrospectives
- Maintain clear, current, and comprehensive technical documentation
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
- Five or more years of professional software development experience building production-grade enterprise applications
- Strong, demonstrable understanding of data structures, algorithms, computational complexity, and end-to-end system design principles
- Advanced working knowledge of Java (versions 11 and 17), the Spring Boot framework, and the design of clean, idiomatic RESTful APIs
- Hands-on, production-level experience designing and operating microservices architectures
- Proven experience developing front-end applications using React, with working familiarity in Angular or Vue considered a strong plus
- Solid experience with CI/CD tooling and Git-based version control workflows
- Hands-on experience deploying applications to at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and operating event-driven architectures using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or equivalent streaming platforms
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
- Exposure to distributed system design principles such as eventual consistency, CAP trade-offs, idempotency, and saga patterns
- Experience writing automation tests using modern frameworks and contributing to test-driven and behavior-driven development practices