Sr. Java Software Developer

Responsibilities

• Prioritize development work to balance feature delivery, 508 compliance, and technical debt.
• Ensure on-time delivery of software releases while maintaining quality standards.
• Track and report project progress using Agile (sometimes hybrid methodologies).
• Cookordination cross-functional teams including QA, DevOps, Development, and Business Analysts.
• Technical Oversight
• Review architecture and design proposals for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Promote best coding practices —standards, peer reviews, and testing discipline.
• Guide technology selection for tools, frameworks, and cloud services.
• Oversee system integrations and ensure interoperability between platforms.
• Support production stability by managing incident response and root cause analysis.
• Process & Quality
• Implement and refine development processes (Agile ceremonies, CI/CD).
• Measure engineering effectiveness using KPIs (velocity, defect rate, lead time, etc.).
• Champion continuous improvement through retrospectives and lessons learned.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Enforce documentation and traceability across the software lifecycle.
• Stakeholder & Communication
• Collaborate with Product Owner to align on priorities and technical feasibility.
• Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership and business stakeholders as proactively as possible.
• Translate technical concepts into documented business value for non-technical stakeholders.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years' experience in application and/or system development.
• 5+ years' experience with progressing responsibilities in software development environments.
• Proven ability to own end-to-end delivery, ensuring features are delivered on time, meet acceptance criteria, and pass QA without rework due to incomplete or misunderstood requirements.
• Proven ability to identify technical risks, dependencies, and constraints early and proactively communicate impacts to leadership and stakeholders.
• Strong expertise in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, Rest APIs and CI/CD technologies.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.