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# Full Stack Java Developer 3 - (Java, Spring Boot, Microservices)

- **Company:** Akina, Inc.
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $225,000 - $275,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Web Interfaces, Java (Programming Language), Apache ActiveMQ, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Software Bug Management, Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Data Structures, Software Debugging, DevOps, Eclipse (Software), Elasticsearch, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Protocol Buffers, Design of User Interfaces, IntelliJ IDEA, Java Message Service (JMS), JSON, Python (Programming Language), Messaging Application Programming Interface, MongoDB, MySQL, NumPy, RabbitMQ, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Visual Studio Online, Extensible Markup Language (XML), ZeroMQ (Concurrent Programming Libraries), Delivery Pipeline, Spring-boot, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Atlassian Tools, Apache Nifi, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b655a3e6a9a0c4f8

## About the Role

* Experience with Enterprise Java development (versions 17 or higher)
 * Experience with Java application frameworks, such as Spring Boot
 * Experience with messaging frameworks such as JMS, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, ZeroMQ, and supporting data formats such as JSON, XML, and Google Protocol Buffers
 * Experience developing service-oriented architectures
 * Experience developing micro service solutions
 * Database experience such as Mongo or MySQL
 * Experience analyzing requirement, creating use cases, and test cases and tracking work using the Atlassian tool suite (Jira/Confluence)
 * DevOps experience including managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners
 * Experience implementing 508 Compliance requirements to user interfaces
 * Familiarity with or willingness to perform agentic coding
 * Ability to leverage SI to debug code, conduct code reviews, improve code quality and efficiency, and determine root-cause analysis
 * Experience with Python development
 * Ability to work individually or as part of a team and shift between priority tasks as directed

Position Desired Skills:

 * Experience with Java development IDEs (e.g. IntelliJ, Eclipse, VS Code)
 * Experience/knowledge with installations and configuration utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose and Nifi
 * Experience with Elasticsearch
 * Experience with geolocation applications and/or JICD
 * Experience/knowledge of ISLANDTRANSPORT, messaging infrastructure
 * Exposure to/basic familiarity with Python libraries for scientific programming (examples: NumPy, pandas) desired
 * Ability to read and write into/out of the data structures adjacent to complex mathematics

SWE3 Qualifications:

Twenty (20) years' experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.

Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

## Description

In this role, you will create service-oriented architectures in Java and microservice solutions, and build web interfaces.

 * Perform software development predominantly using Java to create and implement enhancements to existing capabilities
 * Collaborate with software and systems engineers in an agile environment to analyze requirements and derive user stories for development planning
 * Perform integration and testing as needed
 * Test and debug code for integrated applications
 * Leverage SI to debug code, conduct code reviews, and improve code quality and efficiency
 * Provide Tier 3 support for deployed capabilities and address bug fixes
 * Communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders