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# remote Staff Java Developers

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Cloud Foundry, Configuration Management, Elasticsearch, Github, Gradle, Junit, Node.Js, Performance Tuning, Web Performance Optimization, Web Platforms, Data Logging, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Backend, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Terraform, Artifactory
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/66bf68e5-5a52-4c26-8807-c714747104fe

## About the Role

We are looking to bring on full-stack software engineers for a specific engineering team. They will primarily support an initiative - a phased migration of task types across our mobile and backend systems - and may also contribute to other various mobile apps, depending on sprint priorities. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across both Java backend services and React/Node.js frontend applications, with the ability to ramp quickly on active codebases with established patterns.

## Description

Kforce has a client that is seeking a remote Staff Java Developers to join their team., * Building configuration management endpoints and caching layers to support the task type migration between mobile and web platforms

 * Implementing context query filtering and optimization against Elasticsearch
 * Contributing to Google Cloud Platform migration (Terraform, Kubernetes manifests, multi-region validation)
 * Adding resilience patterns (bulkheads, circuit breakers) to protect backend infrastructure
 * Supporting React/Node.js feature development and web performance improvements

REQUIREMENTS:
Technical Skill Requirements:
Backend:

 * Java/Spring Boot 3 with Gradle
 * Elasticsearch - query design, aggregations, index operations, performance tuning
 * REST API development with caching and fail-open resilience patterns
 * Resilience patterns
 * JUnit - unit and integration testing
 * Performance optimization

Infrastructure & DevOps:

 * Google Cloud Platform - GKE, Pub/Sub, Terraform, Kubernetes (CDK8s)
 * Cloud Foundry (PCF) deployment
 * GitHub Actions CI/CD
 * JFrog Artifactory

Observability:

 * PrometheGrafana/Micrometer metrics instrumentation
 * Structured logging and alerting


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