Mid-level Full Stack Developer
sparksoftcorporation • Remote/Hybrid if local to Maryland
No Relocation
Posted: September 17, 2026
Job Description
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, develop, document, integrate, test, and deliver high quality code, scripts, and services using Agile and DevOps practices in an AWS cloud environment.
- Collaborate closely with technical and business teams to build and maintain solutions following Agile development principles.
- Contribute actively to improving development practices, methodologies, and team productivity.
- Build applications with a focus on simplicity, reliability, scalability, performance, and reusability.
- Follow established coding standards, best practices, and style guidelines.
- Participate in peer code reviews to improve code quality.
- Provide Level 2 support, debugging, and troubleshooting for existing applications.
- Mentor junior developers and support their growth.
- Ensure secure development practices and maintain end to end application security
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
- Core Java & Backend:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Java, OOP, J2EE, and microservice design fundamentals
- Hands on Experience with Micro Services (RESTful APIs /JSON, SOAP, XML-RPC, etc) on containerization architecture
- Experienced with Agile scrum delivery model
- Strong knowledge of multithreading and design patterns
- Experience with Spring Boot and/or Quarkus
- Building and consuming REST APIs (SOAP optional)
- Integration & Messaging
- Basic to intermediate experience with Apache Camel or similar integration frameworks
- Experience with any messaging systems such as ActiveMQ, Kafka, or AWS SQS is a plus
- Proficiency working with JSON, XML, and XSD schemas
- Database
- Experience with any relational and NoSQL databases
- Cloud & DevOps
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS, OpenSearch etc.. is a plus
- Familiarity with Docker; basic understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift
Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git, Maven) - Comfortable working in Linux environments
- Testing
- Experience with JUnit, Mockito or similar
- Familiarity with Postman or SOAP UI or similar
- Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
- Candidates must have lived in the United States 3 out of the past 5 years
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Basic Python scripting for automation or AWS tasks
- Exposure to JavaScript for frontend or full stack work
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field