Junior Java Developer

BeaconFire Inc.

Blacksburg, VA, United States

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Starter

Experience required

0 years minimum

Compensation

$62,000.0 - $80,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.disabledperson.com

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles HTML Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Apache Tomcat HTML5 Oracle WebLogic Server Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Software Quality Code Review

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Databases Continuous Integration Data Structures Relational Databases Query Languages Spring Framework PostgreSQL Apache Maven MySQL NoSQL Object-Oriented Software Development Performance Tuning Scrum Methodology RabbitMQ Angular 2+ Software Engineering SQL Databases TypeScript Web Application Frameworks ReactJS Large Language Models Spring-boot Information Technology Apache Kafka

Job description

? Develop scalable web applications using Java 8/17, Spring Boot, SQL, NoSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Angular 2+, React.js, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript. ? Write clean and efficient code, and ensure code maintainability and reusability. ? Conduct Testing to ensure application and reliability. ? Perform code reviews to ensure code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices. ? Participate in Agile Scrum team and own the full development lifecycle, including project planning, design, implementation, testing, and optimization. ? Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for applications, APIs, and deployment procedures. ? Ship to production: APIs, monitoring/observability, cost/performance optimization, CI/CD, and security best practices. ? Stay up to date with the latest technologies for Java development.

Requirements

? Implement RAG pipelines using Spring AI and LangChain4j with vector database integration. ? Stay up to date with the latest RAG technologies and best practices, including chunking strategies, embeddings, retrieval optimization, and reranking techniques.

Requirement:

? Experience in the programming languages Java and JavaScript

? Decent understanding of the software development life cycle ? Basic programming skills using object-oriented programming (OOP) languages with in-depth knowledge of common APIs and data structures like Collections, Maps, lists, Sets, etc. ? Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL), basic SQL query language skills, ? Master’s Degree in Computer Science (CS) ? 0-1 year of practical experience in Java coding ? Experience using Spring, Maven, React.js, HTML, CSS ? Knowledge of other contemporary Java technologies (e.g., Weblogic, RabbitMQ, Tomcat, etc.) ? Basic understanding of AI/LLM concepts. ? Spring AI or LangChain4j experience. ? RAG application building or vector database experience.

About the company

BeaconFire is an IT consulting firm. This is a project-based role where engineers contribute to high-impact assignments for various clients, offering the opportunity to gain diverse experience across different technical environments and industries.