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# Java Backend Developer

- **Company:** VDart, Inc.
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Audit Trail, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data Security, Elasticsearch, Electronic Signatures, Github, Hibernate (Java), Identity and Access Management, Java Persistence API, JSON, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, OAuth, Oracle (Applications), Payment Gateway, Scrum Methodology, Swagger, Secure Coding, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Management of Software Versions, Openapi, Spring-boot, Indexer, Backend, Amazon Relational Database Service, Integration Tests, Apache Kafka, Functional Programming, Api Design, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Microservices
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1bc93158-6d59-42e9-b6d9-2d64b9e6e160

## About the Role

* 9+ years of professional backend application development in Java (Spring Boot).
 * Hands-on experience building API-based microservices (REST, JSON, OpenAPI/Swagger, API versioning).
 * Strong experience with Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle) and SQL, plus MongoDB and an ORM (Hibernate/JPA).
 * Working experience with OpenSearch (or Elasticsearch): indexing, mappings, and query DSL.
 * Daily use of GitHub (branching, pull requests, code reviews) and GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD.
 * Hands-on AWS experience: ECS/EKS or Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch.
 * Working knowledge of OAuth2/JWT and secure coding; comfortable in Agile/Scrum teams., * Event-driven processing with Amazon MSK/Kafka, EventBridge, or Step Functions.
 * Exposure to Amazon Bedrock or GenAI/RAG integrations.
 * AWS Certified Developer - Associate.

Key Skills:

Java, API-based microservices, Spring Boot, AWS, Amazon RDS, SQL, MongoDB

## Description

* Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot API microservices for case management, work queues, financials, scheduling, and document generation.
 * Implement business rules and step-by-step workflows tailored to each court type.
 * Build data access across Amazon RDS, MongoDB, and OpenSearch, including search indexing for cases, contacts, statutes, and documents.
 * Build integrations with payment gateways, e-signature, notification (Amazon SES/SNS), and state agency interfaces.
 * Implement role-based permissions, case sealing, and audit logging according to security requirements.
 * Write unit and integration tests; work through GitHub pull requests and GitHub Actions pipelines; support QA and fix defects promptly.
 * Participate in code reviews, sprint ceremonies, estimation, and technical documentation.


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