Principal Java Developer

Bright Vision Technologies•Mineola, NY

1d•$100,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking an accomplished Java Full Stack Developer to architect, design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade web applications and distributed systems that operate at significant scale and across multiple business domains. In this role you will be responsible for the end-to-end engineering lifecycle, from translating business requirements into robust technical designs, to writing production-quality code, to deploying cloud-native services and supporting them through their full operational lifespan. The successful candidate will bring deep backend expertise in Java and the Spring ecosystem, combined with strong hands-on experience building responsive, component-driven front-end applications using modern JavaScript frameworks. You will work closely with product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and fellow developers in an Agile environment to deliver high-quality, secure, and performant applications that directly support strategic business outcomes.

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, including service decomposition, inter-service communication, and observability patterns.
Proven experience developing front-end applications using React, with working familiarity in Angular or Vue considered a strong plus.
Strong SQL skills and meaningful experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server, including query tuning and schema design.
Solid experience with CI/CD tooling and Git-based version control workflows, including branching strategies, code review practices, and release management.
Hands-on experience deploying applications to at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including familiarity with managed services, networking, and identity primitives.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills, with the discipline to investigate problems methodically and document findings clearly.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and continuously refine scalable microservices using Java (11/17) and the Spring Boot framework, ensuring each service is independently deployable, observable, and aligned with the broader enterprise architecture roadmap.
Author secure, well-tested, and high-quality production code that adheres to internal coding standards, follows established design patterns, and incorporates defense-in-depth security principles such as input validation, authentication, and encryption at rest and in transit.
Develop responsive, component-based front-end applications using React (or equivalent frameworks such as Angular or Vue), with strong attention to user experience, accessibility, browser compatibility, and performance on both desktop and mobile devices.
Design and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations that connect distributed backend systems, defining clear contracts, versioning strategies, and error-handling semantics to ensure smooth interoperability between services.
Actively participate in architecture and design discussions, contributing thoughtful trade-off analyses around scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and cost-efficiency, and helping the team converge on solutions that meet both current and projected business needs.
Continuously profile and optimize application performance, database queries, JVM tuning parameters, and API throughput, identifying bottlenecks through systematic measurement and applying targeted improvements with quantifiable impact.
Implement and maintain robust state management patterns (Redux, Context API, NgRx, or equivalents) for complex front-end applications, ensuring predictable data flow, easier debugging, and clean separation of concerns between UI components and business logic.
Develop comprehensive automated test suites — unit, integration, contract, and functional — using frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, Jest, and Cypress, treating tests as first-class deliverables that protect velocity and confidence over the long term.
Contribute meaningfully to CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps, enabling fast, safe, and repeatable releases to multiple environments.
Proactively identify system bottlenecks, technical debt, and architectural weaknesses, and drive concrete remediation efforts through refactoring proposals, technical design documents, and well-scoped engineering initiatives.
Collaborate effectively within Agile/Scrum delivery teams, participating in sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, demos, and retrospectives to ensure consistent delivery of high-value increments.
Maintain clear, current, and comprehensive technical documentation — including architecture diagrams, API specifications, deployment guides, and runbooks — so that knowledge is shareable, and the system remains supportable as the team scales.