Senior Java Developer

• Lead Java application design, hands-on development, integration, and deployment. Support Java developers through design and code reviews, technical decisions, troubleshooting, and delivery planning. Coordinate integration requirements and service contracts with Appian developers.
• Application and Workflow Integration: Build Java and Angular applications, APIs, and services that exchange data and documents with Appian-managed business processes, case management, digital intake, notifications, reports, and dashboards. Partner with Appian developers, who own Appian workflow and platform configuration.
• Cloud and Integration: Develop solutions in AWS GovCloud and integrate Oracle databases, enterprise document repositories, and search services. Design REST/SOAP APIs and event-driven integrations with validation, retry handling, duplicate prevention, and monitoring.
• AI and Intelligent Document Processing: Integrate approved LLM services for extraction, classification, summarization, and workflow automation. Implement retrieval-augmented generation, semantic and keyword search, reusable tools/MCP Services and agents, source references, evaluation, and human review controls.
• Agile Delivery: Estimate work, refine requirements and acceptance criteria, sequence technical dependencies, and support sprint and release planning. Coordinate with project managers, analysts, developers, QA, and infrastructure teams.
• DevOps and Reliability: Maintain source control, automated builds and tests, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment and rollback procedures. Apply containerization and orchestration where appropriate; improve application performance, observability, and production reliability.
• Security and Accessibility: Apply secure development practices, role-based access, SSO, OAuth, and SAML as appropriate. Protect sensitive information and support security testing, vulnerability remediation, audit logging, and Section 508 accessibility.
• Solution Architecture and Quality: Translate business needs into maintainable designs, data models, and service contracts. Coordinate integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing and resolve issues across application boundaries.
• Documentation and Collaboration: Maintain architecture, interface, deployment, and operational documentation. Explain technical tradeoffs, mentor team members, demonstrate solutions, and support training and operational handoff., * Briefly describe a recent application you personally developed using Java, Angular, REST/SOAP APIs, and Oracle SQL/PLSQL. State your hands-on role, the technologies you used, and your experience integrating with Appian or another BPM/enterprise system. Please identify any of these areas in which you do not have hands-on experience.
• Describe one LLM-enabled document processing or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solution you personally implemented. Include your role, frameworks/services, retrieval or document-processing approach, and how you evaluated accuracy and source grounding. Using an AI chat tool without implementing an integration does not count as development experience.
• Do you hold an active FDA Public Trust Clearance?

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in computer science, engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience delivering enterprise information technology applications, including hands-on development and production delivery.
• 8+ years of Java/J2EE and enterprise application development experience, including API-based integration with BPM platforms or comparable enterprise systems.
• 4+ years of AWS development or cloud delivery experience, including relevant services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, and IAM; experience with CI/CD and containerized services.
• Strong Oracle SQL and PL/SQL skills, including data modeling, query optimization, and performance troubleshooting.
• 2+ years of practical AI/ML and LLM integration experience for automation, including document processing, retrieval-augmented generation (Hybrid RAG), prompt or tool design, and evaluation of generated outputs.
• Strong REST/SOAP API design and integration skills using JSON and XML; experience with authentication, authorization, data mapping, validation, error handling, and auditable processing.
• 4+ years of technical leadership experience covering release planning, delivery sequencing, design and code reviews, mentoring, and prioritization across developers and technical partners.
• Experience delivering iteratively in Agile or hybrid teams using issue tracking, source control, automated testing, and disciplined change management.
• Experience developing Angular-based web interfaces, workflow screens, search experiences, and dashboards that meet Section 508 accessibility standards, working with business users and UI/UX specialists.
• Proven ability to diagnose complex issues across applications, databases, search, document services, and enterprise interfaces and guide the team through resolution.
• Ability to collaborate with application developers, business analysts, QA, infrastructure teams, and customer stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with document ingestion, metadata and content indexing, and enterprise search; ability to assess retrieval relevance, processing failures, and scale.
• Ability to explain technical options and tradeoffs to business stakeholders, manage technical dependencies, and maintain effective client relationships.
• Ability to work independently, own assigned outcomes, and escalate delivery risks with actionable recommendations.
• Experience maintaining technical documentation and supporting UAT, production deployment, and operational handoff.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience in applying secure development practices and maintaining data confidentiality, access controls, and auditability.

Highly Desirable Experience

• Experience supporting FDA or other federal civilian IT programs.
• Current favorable Public Trust determination or eligibility to satisfy the position’s applicable federal suitability requirements.
• Experience with Apache Solr, semantic and hybrid search, vector embeddings, Docling or comparable document extraction tools, LangChain4j or similar AI frameworks, and enterprise content management platforms such as Documentum.
• Experience integrating Java applications and services with Appian or a comparable BPM platform, including API contracts, data exchange, authentication, and error handling.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud, and federal software delivery and accessibility practices.
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent-to-Agent (A2A) interoperability, and governed integration of AI tools.

Job Type: Full-time, * Bachelor’s (Required), * AWS development or cloud delivery: 4 years (Required)

• hands-on AI/ML and LLM integration for automation: 2 years (Required)
• hands-on Java/J2EE enterprise application development: 8 years (Required)
• technical leadership of software development teams: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Riverdale, MD 20737

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement, * 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance