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# Lead API Developer - Local to Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, or Dallas

- **Company:** CGI Group
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $58,800.0 - $156,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Apache Tomcat, Unit Testing, Software Design Patterns, Spring Framework, JQuery, Javaserver Pages, Oracle (Applications), Standard Sql, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Spring-mvc, Spring-boot, AngularJS, Production Code, IBM UrbanCode Deploy, Restful APIs, Jenkins
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eda5e9012a84fe33

## About the Role

Strong knowledge in Core Java, Spring Core, Spring Boot, REST, SOAP, Oracle SQLs, Junits (Must)
.Familiar with Spring MVC, JSP, Jquery, Angular, Tomcat (Good to have)
.Knowledge of Agile process, Expert knowledge of Java, REST API, SQL, SoapUI, UDeploy, Git
.Familiar with various software architectural and design patterns.
.Good Communication Skills (must have)
.Continuously deploy and validate code in numerous testing environments as well as lead hotfix and production code releases. (Jenkins, UDeploy, OCP), * Angular

 * Java
 * JavaScript
 * Jenkins
 * jQuery
 * Microservices
 * Spring Boot

## Description

This role can be filled from the client site in one of the following locations: Columbus, OH, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX, or Pittsburgh PA., Engagement with product analyst and solution architects to interpret functional specifications to develop innovative solutions.
.Build secure, scalable and high-performance applications
.Work in an Agile environment and actively participate in sprint/project/release planning to provide development estimates for the program.
.Participate in requirements tuning and design reviews, sprint readiness and retrospective reviews and other inspections.
.Develop and exercise implementation and unit test cases
.Build technical documentation.
.Communication with client stakeholders
.Ensuring that software meets or exceed specified standards and end-user requirements.
.Developing testable features with lean requirements and supervision.


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