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# Lead Java Developer

- **Company:** Vsg Business Solutions
- **Location:** Woodbridge Township, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Spring Security, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Ajax (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Apache Tomcat, Application Portfolio Management, HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Code Generation, Code Review, Data Retrieval, Database Design, Database Queries, Software Debugging, Hibernate (Java), Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Java Web Services, JSON, WildFly (JBoss AS), Javaserver Pages, JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library, Microsoft SQL Server, MyBatis, Routing, Node.Js, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Angular 2+, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT), RxJS, Multithreading, Freeform SQL, Enterprise Software Applications, Sql Optimization, GitHub Copilot, Spring-mvc, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Concurrency, Database Optimization, Prompt Engineering, Spring-boot, Backend, AngularJS, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Es2015, Microservices
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us7133dd4468bf496e3b7582ef576a4477

## About the Role

Need someone with leadership exp in being an SME and taking ownership of tracking, communication and problem solving.
SQL Top priority
We need someone with advanced SQL skills. They must be able to write, troubleshoot, and optimize complex SQL queries for data analysis and application execution. So far, all candidates were weakest in SQL than their other skills.
JAVA Second priority
We need someone with advanced skills to write and support JAVA service interfaces for data retrieval, data insertion, and UI support.
ANGULAR Third priority
We need someone with a good understanding of Angular development. We have fewer UI changes than SQL and JAVA.
Manager feedback- please see below 8/10 update- NEED CANDIDATES
SQL Excellent SQL skills performing data analysis, complex query writing and support, and skilled with query optimization.
JAVA Excellent JAVA skills, including microservice development
Angular Good Angular and front-end UI skills
Excellent communication to lead technical and requirement discussions
Technical lead with experience managing projects and small teams of developers
Understands and utilizes AI tools for development
Senior software engineer
Will be leading the ADR application
Full java stack developer
Angular
Rest Services
SQL Server
Strong SQL skills
Strong copilot/AI skills for code generation/maintenance
Senior Java Developer / Application SME
Seeking a Lead Senior Java Developer / Application SME to take ownership of an application portfolio. This is a hands-on full-stack role requiring strong Java, SQL, Angular, and AI experience, combined with technical leadership, strong business communication, and the ability to proactively identify and drive solutions.
Required Qualifications

 * 10+ years of hands-on Java/J2EE enterprise application development
 * Experience as a Technical Lead, Application SME, Application Lead, or similar role
 * Experience owning or supporting enterprise applications
 * Strong business communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Ability to track applications, issues, action items, dependencies, and deliverables
 * Experience providing clear status updates and communication to leadership and business stakeholders
 * Strong problem-solving skills and ability to seek out and drive solutions
 * Ability to prioritize and manage multiple applications and competing technical issues

Back-End

 * Core Java including multi-threading, Executor framework, concurrency patterns, and performance optimization
 * Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Hibernate, MyBatis
 * RESTful web services and microservices architecture
 * JBoss and/or Apache Tomcat
 * Strong SQL experience including complex queries, stored procedures, database design, query optimization, and performance tuning
 * XML/XSLT, JSON

Front-End

 * Angular 14+ - component architecture, reactive forms, RxJS, routing, and Spring Boot REST API integration
 * TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, AJAX
 * JSP, JSTL

AI Development

 * Hands-on experience using AI tools in software development, including coding, debugging, testing, documentation, or code review
 * GitHub Copilot in Agent mode - active use required
 * Experience with AI/LLM tools, APIs, prompt engineering, RAG, or AI-enabled application development preferred

Preferred Qualifications

 * P&C insurance domain experience
 * Experience supporting a large enterprise application portfolio
 * JVM and database performance tuning
 * AWS experience or certifications

## Description

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