Job Description
Position Overview
Our direct client is seeking a Sr. Developer to deliver exceptional support in developing meaningful digital experiences and strengthening customer experience initiatives. The candidate will support digital applications across design, development, production support, and solutioning.
Key Responsibilities
- 5-8+ years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on backend development using Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, and related open-source frameworks.
- Strong hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud-native applications on AWS, utilizing services such as Lambda, API Gateway, EKS, ECS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Amazon MQ, MSK (Kafka), CloudWatch, and IAM.
- Proficient in microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and serverless application development, with a strong understanding of distributed systems design principles.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and/or Red Hat OpenShift.
- Strong understanding of Java fundamentals, JVM internals, concurrency, multithreading, performance optimization, and functional programming concepts such as Lambda Expressions, Streams API, and CompletableFuture.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases including Amazon RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, and related data modeling and performance optimization techniques.
- Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
- Knowledge of cloud security and application security best practices including IAM, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, secrets management, encryption in transit and at rest, and secure API design.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills in large-scale production environments.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams, participating in architecture discussions, code reviews, technical design, and mentoring junior engineers.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Cursor, Claude, OpenAI, or similar technologies to improve development productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.
Desired Skills (Nice to Have)
- Proficiency in Python and experience with AI/ML frameworks.
- Familiarity with enterprise AI/LLM concepts including Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Databases, Agentic Workflows, and Responsible AI practices.
- AWS, Kubernetes, AI/ML, or other relevant professional certifications.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Torrance, CA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
About Company
For over two decades, Sharp Decisions has provided superior, award-winning service in strategic business and technology consulting services to government agencies at all levels, as well as domestic and global corporations. With subject matter expertise in Investment Banking, Finance, Healthcare, Media & Telecommunications, and Manufacturing, Sharp Decisions is well equipped to serve your needs.
Established in 1990 with headquarters in New York City, and locations in Princeton, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Europe and Canada, Sharp Decisions has been the technology backbone for a client portfolio that includes an array of well-known companies. As a Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise and approved vendor, Sharp Decisions offers a powerful, cost-effective advantage. We actively partner with other MBEs to add value and meet diversity program requirements.
Sharp Decisions is also committed to hiring and training post-9/11, tech-savvy U.S. armed forces veterans through our V.E.T.S.â„¢ (Vocation, Education and Training for Service members) Program, but we cannot do it alone. Companies like EmblemHealth, Freddie Mac and Experian have stepped up to bring aboard our highly qualified and skilled veterans. We need more companies like them to take a stand and bring our veterans aboard. Our clients have told us that our veterans are more effective than their college hires because two weeks on the job for them equates to 2-3 years of experience! Learn more at www.sharpdecisions.com/vetsprogram.
Skills
- AWS Lambdaunmatched
- Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
- Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)unmatched
- Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)unmatched
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)unmatched
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
- Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
- Applications Securityunmatched
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Cloud Applicationsunmatched
- Code Reviewsunmatched
- Concurrencyunmatched
- Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
- Continuous Integrationunmatched
- Cryptographyunmatched
- Customer Experienceunmatched
- Data Modelingunmatched
- Debugging Skillsunmatched
- DevOpsunmatched
- Distributed Computingunmatched
- Dockerunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Functional Programming Languagesunmatched
- GitHubunmatched
- Hibernateunmatched
- Identify Issuesunmatched
- Javaunmatched
- Java Persistence API (JPA)unmatched
- Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE/J2EE)unmatched
- Jenkinsunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Messaging Middlewareunmatched
- Microservicesunmatched
- Multithreaded Programmingunmatched
- MySQLunmatched
- NoSQLunmatched
- OAuthunmatched
- Open Sourceunmatched
- OpenIDunmatched
- Performance Modelingunmatched
- Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
- PostgreSQLunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Production Supportunmatched
- Production Systemsunmatched
- Productivity Managementunmatched
- Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
- REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
- Red Hat Linux Operating Systemunmatched
- Relational Databases (RDBMS)unmatched
- Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
- Simple Queue Service (SQS)unmatched
- Software Administrationunmatched
- Software Designunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Technical Leadershipunmatched
- Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
- Testingunmatched
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