Sr. Application Developer

TEKsystems•Westbrook, ME

6d•$67 - $80•Hybrid

About The Position

The ideal candidate will have a track record of leading technical initiatives to meet timelines and meet the expectations of various stakeholders. The right lab information management system is critical to operations, clinical outcomes, client relationships, and more. Applying system thinking to these challenges supports our desire for change while also creating pull-through innovations that are led by our commercial needs, and the needs of our customers. TEKsystems is looking for a Sr. Developer to work on a complex distributed platform that scales globally across the entire Reference Lab operations ecosystem. You will participate in everything from high-level design, to defining REST APIs, to writing the code and tests. You will be working on a platform that is composed of numerous technologies and leverages PAAS infrastructure in both AWS cloud. This is an exciting and high-profile project that will involve challenging problem solving and architecting a solution from the ground up. Application Developers build computer applications to meet business informational needs and requirements. Design, code, test, debug, and document programs based on technical configurations developed by analysts and project teams. Support and troubleshoot existing applications. Evaluate and analyze business requirements for new systems and system changes. IN THIS ROLE – Together with a cutting-edge technologies & product development team using (AWS serverless technologies, RDS, & Spring boot etc.) you are responsible for technical design, code, and tests based on requirements developed by you and product owners. You will develop solution design(s) to meet functional specifications, and ensure design seamlessly integrates with up/down stream applications. You will work closely with product development and support team ensure customer expectations are being met. You will act as steward of the application, ensuring that security, technical debt, system reliability and stability are addressed. We are a fast-paced development team, and we are operating under a high level of disciplined Software Development Life Cycle. We expect engineers at this level to leverage enterprise AI tools — such as GitHub Copilot or Claude, AI-assisted code review, or AI-powered observability — to work smarter and mentor others in doing the same. The candidate should appreciate what it means to be a professional engineer, meaning that you ensure to deliver quality and care to maintain & document integration specifications and testing plans, at all phases. Coming in as an experienced SRE Developer, we need you to have these technical assets under your belt: seasoned programming skills in Java/Kotlin or similar programming language with continuous integration framework using GitHub, Maven, & Jenkins. You should be familiar with object-orientated analysis and design, as well as Domain-Driven Design (DDD) software design methodology that is used to build scalable transaction systems.

Requirements

7 or more years of software development experience in maintaining new & legacy solutions
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
AI-enabled SDLC experience (hands on), to accelerate software delivery, improve code quality, generate and review tests, support troubleshooting.
Experience with multiple languages including Java/Kotlin, Python, etc.
Experience working with RESTful APIs, MySQL, GitHub actions or Jenkins
Strong experience to lead the development of technical module
Strong experience in Cloud development – AWS or GCP
AWS Serverless Technologies – Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, etc.
Experience with PostgreSQL is preferred
Experience with Relational & No-SQL databases
Mature understanding and experience with secure coding and design principles
Experience in transforming business requirements into elegant design and quality code, & in unit testing
Experience in leading initiatives, process improvement, and tech debt planning
Experience working in Agile Scrum team(s)
Understanding of technical design patterns to ensure overall quality and stability
Ability to communicate technical information to a non-technical audience
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated ability to make data driven decisions
Ability to transform business requirements into technical solutions

Nice To Haves

Experience with PostgreSQL is preferred

Responsibilities

Design, code, test, debug, and document programs based on technical configurations developed by analysts and project teams. Estimates and tracks time required to complete work, for project budgeting and financial tracking.
Develop program designs to meet technical configurations, ensuring that resulting systems will operate efficiently and reliably. Understands business functions supported by the application to encompass within the design framework. Ensures design integrates with other related systems.
Monitors system performance, identifying problems and implementing solutions; tunes and ensures systems are running at optimum speed and efficiency. Ensures systems are kept maintained and current; develops and maintains scripts to automate system components; configures and installs software, maintenance packages, supporting products and other features.
Supports, updates, and maintains existing systems in response to business needs, system problems, or other factors. Coordinates with project teams.
Identifies business needs, assesses available technologies, and develops and presents solutions.
Provides a high level of customer service, partners with end users in the resolution of problems or in deployment of new applications.