Front end Software Development Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable full stack applications including frontend, backend and database layers.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them to technical solutions.
• Build and consume RESTful microservices using Java and Spring Boot
• Develop modern, responsive front-end applications using React (with Redux) or Angular, HTML and CSS.
• Work with cloud-native architectures on GCP.
• Leverage GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud storage, PUB-SUB, Application Monitoring (Log Analytics), Memory Store for Redis and Cloud Functions to build scalable and resilient applications.
• Implement and manage infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• TDD, BDD, regression and performance testing.
• Implement UI and end-to-end testing using frameworks like Selenium, Cypress or Playwright.
• Optimize application performance, including JVM tuning and profiling
• Ensure code quality through best practices, testing, and reviews
• Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making
• Work with team members to establish best practices to maximize efficiency and minimize risk. Interact and work closely with product managers to devise solutions and break them into incremental production-ready user stories.
• Execute API Load and Performance (L&P) on API/modules developed.
• Use DevOps tools such as Tekton, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Fossa, and GitHub to deploy, improve and manage software., * Design, develop, and maintain scalable full stack applications including frontend, backend and database layers.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them to technical solutions.
• Build and consume RESTful microservices using Java and Spring Boot
• Develop modern, responsive front-end applications using React (with Redux) or Angular, HTML and CSS.
• Work with cloud-native architectures on GCP.
• Leverage GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Cloud storage, PUB-SUB and Cloud Functions to build scalable and resilient applications.
• Implement and manage infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• TDD, BDD, regression and performance testing.
• Implement UI and end-to-end testing using frameworks like Selenium, Cypress or Playwright.
• Optimize application performance, including JVM tuning and profiling
• Ensure code quality through best practices, testing, and reviews
• Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Full Stack Developer with a strong technical foundation and a passion for solving complex problems. The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of experience, demonstrates strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and thrives in a collaborative, solution-oriented environment. You should be a forward-thinking professional who can clearly articulate ideas, contribute to architectural decisions, and drive high-quality software development across the stack., * Java, Spring Boot - Candidate must have 5+ years of experience designing and developing scalable, production-grade microservices using Java and Spring Boot. Expected to independently architect service layers, implement Spring Data JPA/Hibernate for persistence, apply design patterns, optimize performance, handle transaction management, and secure APIs using Spring Security/OAuth2/JWT. Should be capable of mentoring junior developers and conducting code reviews.

• React - Candidate must have 4+ years of experience building complex, production-level front-end applications with React, including advanced state management (Redux, Context API, or React Query), performance optimization (memoization, lazy loading, code splitting), and component architecture design. Expected to lead front-end technical decisions and ensure code maintainability/testability (Jest, React Testing Library).
• GCP - Candidate must have hands-on production experience architecting and deploying cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform, including GKE/Cloud Run, Cloud SQL/Spanner, Pub/Sub, IAM policy design, networking (VPC), and cost/performance optimization. Expected to contribute to cloud architecture decisions and troubleshoot production issues independently. SEE POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR #4 TO #6
• Jenkins - Candidate must have proven experience designing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for enterprise applications, including writing and maintaining declarative Jenkinsfiles, integrating automated testing/security scanning, managing multi-branch pipelines, and troubleshooting build/deployment failures. Expected to establish CI/CD best practices for the team.
• HTML5 - Candidate must demonstrate strong expertise in writing semantic, accessible, and performant HTML5, ensuring compliance with WCAG accessibility standards, cross-browser/device compatibility, and SEO best practices. Expected to guide markup standards across the team.
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) - Candidate must have advanced experience building responsive, scalable UI styling using Flexbox, Grid, and modern CSS architecture (e.g., BEM, CSS Modules, or CSS-in-JS). Expected to establish styling standards/design systems, optimize CSS performance, and ensure consistent UI/UX across the application.

Skills Required:

• Java, Spring Boot, React, GCP, Jenkins, HTML5, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Experience Required:

• Engineer 3 Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang. 8+ years in IT; 6+ years in development

Experience Preferred:

• Experience with AI-based development
• Experience with TypeScript and Node.js
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Knowledge of DevOps methodologies
• Experience with Unix/Linux and Shell scripting
• Containerization using Docker and Kubernetes
• Working knowledge of Redis
• Experience with SAML authentication

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match