Junior to Mid Level Java Developer

Bethesda, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Futrend

Futrend Technology Inc. ( Futrend) is an innovative business and technology solutions provider. Our primary focus and core competencies are in Healthcare IT Federal Financial Management and Grants Management. We excel at providing customers with high-value solutions that support their missions and meet their most critical objectives and business needs. We provide full lifecycle IT services to Federal agencies with recognized excellence in complex real-time system integration and enterprise-wide system implementation. Utilizing proven technologies industry best practices and a customer-centric approach our highly qualified motivated staff has distinguished Futrend as an upcoming leader. At Futrend our staff shares our core values of honesty integrity hard work excellence and self-improvement. We value our staff for their skills knowledge experience and contributions.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package

Futrend is seeking a React Front-End Developer to support the modernization of a legacy Java-based enterprise application. The existing application was built using JSP/TagLib Spring MVC Hibernate and SQL Server on Java 7 and is being migrated to a modern architecture using JDK 21.

In this role you will focus on replacing JSP/TagLib-based user interfaces with modern responsive React applications. You will work as part of a cross-functional engineering team that includes a Lead Software Engineer/Tech Lead other Java Developers Business Analyst and QA Tester.

This is an excellent opportunity for a junior to mid-level front-end developer to contribute to a large-scale modernization effort in a collaborative team environment.

Core Responsibilities

Participate in the design and the translation existing UI functionality and business requirements into modern responsive React components that maintain function parity with the legacy system.
Develop and maintain React-based user interfaces to replace legacy JSP/TagLib pages
Work closely with backend engineers to integrate React applications with RESTful APIs
Participate in code reviews sprint planning and technical discussions
Ensure UI implementations meet usability performance and accessibility standards
Collaborate with QA and business stakeholders to support testing and defect resolution

Minimum Qualifications

US Citizenship or Green Card
2 years of hands-on experience developing applications using React
Strong proficiency in TypeScript including experience with type definitions and interfaces for complex data structures.
Deep understanding of modern React hooks and state management (e.g. Redux Context API or TanStack Query).
Solid understanding of modern JavaScript (ES6) HTML5 and CSS3
Experience building responsive and accessible web user interfaces
Familiarity with RESTful APIs and front-end-backend integration
Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
Ability to work effectively as part of a collaborative engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

Experience migrating or modernizing legacy web applications
Familiarity with JSP/TagLib or experience working with legacy Java-based UIs
Working knowledge of Java Spring MVC or enterprise Java applications
Knowledge of US federal accessibility standards (e.g. Section 508 WCAG 2.x)
Experience with automated UI testing frameworks (e.g. Jest React Testing Library Cypress)
Prior experience working on federal government contract is a plus

Required Experience:

Manager

About FutrendFutrend Technology Inc. ( Futrend) is an innovative business and technology solutions provider. Our primary focus and core competencies are in Healthcare IT Federal Financial Management and Grants Management. We excel at providing customers with high-value solutions that support their m...