Principal Software Engineer - Java

Position Summary

An Effectual Principal Software Engineer designs, develops, and deploys cloud-based applications for our clients. You will collaborate with teams, including architects and project managers, to ensure the delivery of high-quality cloud solutions. You will report to the Sr. Director App Modernization Practice.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Solution Design

• Provide technical support and innovative cloud solutions by designing, architecting, maintaining, and operationalizing cloud-based web applications with Java centric architectures
• Design new software solutions for critical business needs and set architectural direction for Java based projects
• Evaluate, test, design, develop, and integrate new cloud technologies and processes to support existing infrastructure and modernization efforts
• Serve as a technical lead on important Java development projects and contribute to architectural norms for practice
• Lead large feature releases that cross team boundaries or require coordination with client teams

Development & Implementation 

• Design, implement, integrate, maintain, optimize, and administer cloud solutions, infrastructures, and platforms using Java technologies
• Independently responsible for the entire lifecycle of medium and large features from design through deployment
• Support and maintain existing Java software functionality; investigate, analyze and correct identified defects
• Improve maintainability and performance of existing applications through application refactoring and optimization
• Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for applications and multiple stacks
• Perform code reviews, pull requests/merge requests, branch management, and build deployments

Collaboration & Documentation 

• Engage with Effectual and client leadership to align approach with their needs
• Work alongside individual contributors to deliver software solutions for customers
• Review technical design documentation and participate in technical reviews
• Create proper documentation for software being built
• Identify and evangelize long-term technical direction for teams and projects

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, IS, or related field
• 7-10+ years of experience in Software Engineering with strong Java development background
• Experience with at least 2 front-end programming languages/frameworks (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Angular, Vue.js)
• AWS Certifications Preferred: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, AWS AI Practitioner

Required Skills: 

Java Development Expertise: 

• Advanced Java 11+ development with deep understanding of JVM internals, Spring Framework ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data)
• Microservices architecture design and implementation
• Java concurrency and multithreading

AWS Cloud-Native Development: 

• AWS Lambda serverless development with Java runtime
• Amazon ECS/EKS containerized Java applications
• AWS API Gateway integration and management
• Amazon RDS/Aurora database integration
• AWS messaging services (SQS, SNS, EventBridge)
• Amazon S3 for object storage, Amazon ElastiCache (Redis/Memcached)
• AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing
• Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring and observability
• AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store

Professional Skills: 

• Excellent understanding of information security best practices and secure design, particularly for Java applications
• Understanding of Java performance tuning and CLR optimization
• Cross-functional collaboration between front-end and back-end development teams

Nice to Have Additional Skills:

• Front-End Development (minimum 2 required):JavaScript ES6+ and TypeScript (advanced level required), React 18+ with hooks, context, and state management, additional front-end framework (Angular 15+, Vue.js 3+, or Svelte), HTML5 and CSS3 (preferably TailwindCSS V3+), modern front-end build tools (Webpack, Vite, or similar)
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS)
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Experience with database mig