Job Title: Junior Software Developer
Experience: 2+ Years
Location: Lafayette, LA or Knoxville, TN | Hybrid
Salary: $52k-$123k per annum
Job Summary We are seeking a Junior Software Developer to join an Agile software development team building and modernizing services-based web applications. The ideal candidate will contribute to the design, development, testing, and continuous improvement of modern enterprise applications using a Java-focused development stack and cloud-native technologies.
This role provides an opportunity to work across the software development lifecycle, develop technical and leadership skills, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and gain hands-on experience with technologies including Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and AI-assisted development tools.
Key Responsibilities - Help define and develop application architecture and ongoing software development using modern engineering practices.
- Develop and organize application code using best practices while contributing technical knowledge and learning from experienced team members.
- Participate in all phases of the Agile software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, estimation, coding, code reviews, and software testing.
- Develop and review web application code using AI-assisted paired programming techniques with Angular, Java, JavaScript, and related technologies.
- Deploy applications to Kubernetes environments.
- Apply knowledge of data structures, including JSON and YAML, problem-solving, algorithm design, and algorithm analysis.
- Develop applications using the Spring Framework, including Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and Spring Data.
- Build and enhance RESTful systems with a focus on API design.
- Participate in daily team discussions, technical collaboration, and code reviews to support continuous progress.
- Participate in client, industry, and end-user discussions and provide technical input on application capabilities.
- Contribute to technical design sessions, sustainable and high-performing features, estimates, and development timelines.
- Continuously improve development tools, processes, and technologies.
- Create and maintain automated testing scripts for applications.
- Contribute to improvements in system architecture and application performance.
- Develop a general understanding of database design and optimize application access to backend data.
Required Qualifications - Minimum 2 years of directly related software development experience.
- Experience working in an Agile software development environment.
- At least 2 years of experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java development across front-end and back-end applications.
- Experience with AI-assisted paired programming tools.
- Exposure to modern Java development tools and environments such as Maven, Git, Tomcat, Eclipse, Bamboo, and Hibernate.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or similar container technologies.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic development environment.
- Ability to consistently deliver quality code for team review and product owner demonstration.
- Strong communication skills with internal team members and customers.
- Positive, can-do attitude and willingness to contribute across a wide range of team activities.
- Ability to research, learn, and apply emerging software development technologies quickly.
Desired Qualifications - Java/JEE, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring REST/JAX-RS, Web Services, Security, Controllers/Services, and Spring Data ORM using Hibernate/JPA 2.
- JSON and modern web application development.
- AWS Serverless Services including SQS, SNS, SES, Step Functions, and Lambda.
- AWS Analytics services including Glue, Redshift, EMR, OpenSearch, Athena, SageMaker, and QuickSight.
- Event streaming technologies such as Kafka.
- Web and application servers such as Apache and JBoss EAP.
- Open-source frameworks and libraries including commons-* libraries, Ehcache, Velocity, AOP Alliance, Mail, Swagger, and related 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 engineering tools including Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, and Selenium.
- Load testing using JMeter.
- Code management tools including Git and GitHub.
- Collaboration and project tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, and SourceTree.
- Consulting experience.
- Exposure to AWS AI services and application development involving artificial intelligence.
Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical discipline preferred.
Key Skills Application Development, Back-End Development, Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, REST APIs, Angular, Artificial Intelligence, AI-Assisted Development, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Maven, Git, GitHub, Hibernate, CI/CD, Automated Testing.
