Software Engineer (Java Spring Boot React) 26-01273

Job Title: Software Engineer (Java / Spring Boot / React)

Location: Annapolis MD (Hybrid)
Work Schedule:

• First 6 months: 3 days onsite / 2 days remote

• After 6 months: Potential for 2 days onsite / 3 days remote

Duration: Long-term contract (5 years)

Position Overview

Navitas Partners LLC is seeking two experienced Software Engineers to support the redesign and modernization of enterprise-level judicial information systems. This role focuses on event-driven architecture microservices and cloud-native application development supporting the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and production support.

Key Responsibilities

Design & Development

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable enterprise applications.

• Apply event-driven architecture principles to build resilient and loosely coupled systems.

• Develop and maintain microservices using Spring Boot and related Spring frameworks.

• Build responsive maintainable user interfaces using React.

• Provide hands-on expertise with PrimeFaces 6.x and JavaServer Faces (JSF) including component customization and integration.

Messaging & Integration

• Implement message-based communication using RabbitMQ.

• If Kafka experience is present demonstrate understanding of architectural and operational differences between Kafka and RabbitMQ.

• Develop message producers consumers routing logic and integration components.

Deployment & Infrastructure

• Deploy applications to Kubernetes using automated CI/CD pipelines.

• Monitor and troubleshoot production environments to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Perform performance tuning and scalability optimizations across application and infrastructure layers.

Quality Assurance

• Write unit tests with a target of 85% or higher code coverage.

• Participate in peer code reviews to uphold coding standards and best practices.

• Conduct system testing debugging and validation activities.

Documentation & Communication

• Create technical specifications architecture documentation and design decision records.

• Develop sequence diagrams for major use cases.

• Work closely with product managers designers and engineering teams to ensure alignment on requirements and deliverables.

Reporting

• Submit weekly activity status and time reports using prescribed formats.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Strong experience with:

  • Core Java development

  • Spring Boot and Spring frameworks

  • React

  • Microservices architecture

  • Event-driven architecture

  • Kubernetes

  • Message queuing / event streaming

  • PrimeFaces 6.x

  • JavaServer Faces (JSF)

Required Experience

• Event-driven application design

• Java concurrency collections and JVM fundamentals

• RESTful APIs and integration patterns

• Relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Cassandra)

• Application monitoring and performance tuning (Prometheus Grafana ELK stack)

• Secure coding practices including authentication and authorization

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 years of core Java development experience

• 4 years with Spring Boot

• 4 years developing front-end applications using React

• 4 years implementing message queuing/event streaming with RabbitMQ

• Experience with Elasticsearch

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS Azure or Google Cloud)

• Git CI/CD pipelines and automated build processes

• Experience with Angular (as an alternative front-end framework)

• Docker

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About Navitas Partners LLC:It is a certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growingTechnical / ITstaffing firms in the US providing services to numerous clients. We offer the most competitive pay for every position. We understand this is a partnership. You will not be blindsided and your salary will be discussed upfront.