Senior Full Stack Developer

Cogent Infotech Corporation
  • Lafayette, LA
  • $80,000–$176,000 Per Year
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Job Description

About Cogent Infotech
Cogent Infotech is a technology and talent solutions company headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. We support clients across commercial, federal, state, and local markets with services in digital transformation, application development, cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and workforce solutions.

Job Title: Senior Full Stack Developer Java / AWS
Experience: 7+ Years
Location: Lafayette, LA | Hybrid
Salary: $80k - $176k per annum

Job Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and experienced Senior Full Stack Developer to join a high-performing Agile team developing modern, services-based web applications. The ideal candidate will have strong Java full stack development experience, cloud and microservices expertise, and experience with modern development practices, AI-assisted programming, and open-source technologies. This role will contribute to application modernization, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with the team in an Agile environment to research best practices, design and develop application architecture, implement solutions, mentor team members, and test and deploy solutions.
  • Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, and product managers to understand problem statements and functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Participate in daily Scrum ceremonies and conduct sprint demonstrations for stakeholders.
  • Participate in all phases of the Agile software development lifecycle, including application design and requirements gathering, development estimation, coding, code reviews, and software testing.
  • Author and review web application code using AI-assisted paired programming techniques.
  • Participate in daily team discussions and code collaboration to promote continuous progress.
  • Participate in client, industry, and end-user discussions and provide technical perspectives on application solutions.
  • Participate in technical design sessions to create sustainable, high-performing features and provide accurate development estimates and timelines.
  • Continuously improve existing development tools and technologies.
  • Develop and maintain automated testing scripts for applications.
  • Augment and improve system architecture.
  • Develop a general understanding of database design and optimize application access to backend data.
  • Develop and maintain web applications using HTML, CSS, Angular, JavaScript, and Java.
Required Qualifications
  • Minimum 7+ years of hands-on experience with core Java frontend and backend development, JEE, design patterns, and related frameworks.
  • Experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
  • Experience with AI-assisted paired programming tools and techniques.
  • Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies.
  • Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and paired programming.
  • Experience with API development and application security best practices, including OAuth, TLS, and PKI.
  • Experience working with Apache Kafka messaging and PostgreSQL RDBMS.
  • Demonstrated culture of continuous process improvement and ability to apply lessons learned to future projects.
  • Proactive, detail-oriented, and self-motivated professional who can work independently and contribute effectively to a team.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership skills and a passion for exploring emerging technologies.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to innovate, and a can-do attitude.
  • Ability to learn quickly, multitask, work under pressure, manage tight deadlines, adapt to changing requirements, and deal with ambiguity without impacting delivery.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to build trusted relationships and partner across complex organizations.
  • Willingness to ask questions, challenge the status quo, and proactively seek solutions.
Desired Qualifications
  • Development: Java/JEE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring REST/JAX-RS, Web Services, Security, Controllers/Services, Spring Data ORM (Hibernate/JPA 2), and JSON.
  • AWS Serverless Services: SQS, SNS, SES, Step Functions, and Lambda.
  • AWS Analytics: Glue, Redshift, EMR, OpenSearch, Athena, SageMaker, and QuickSight.
  • Event Streaming: Kafka.
  • Web Server: Apache; Application Server: JBoss EAP.
  • Open-source frameworks and libraries, including commons-*, Ehcache, Velocity, AOP Alliance, Mail, Swagger, and similar technologies.
  • User authentication and authorization technologies such as ForgeRock OpenAM, SecureAuth, and Okta.
  • UI/UX technologies including Angular and Bootstrap.
  • Databases including AWS RDS for Oracle and PostgreSQL.
  • Log management and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Google Analytics, and New Relic.
  • CI/CD and development tools including Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Selenium, Git, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, and SourceTree.
  • Load testing using JMeter.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical discipline.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The employer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining an inclusive workplace. Employment decisions shall not be based on any characteristic protected by applicable law.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLafayette, LA
Salary$80,000–$176,000 Per Year

Skills

  • AWS Lambdaunmatched
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  • Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
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  • WS-Security (Web Services Security)unmatched
  • Web Programmingunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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