Java Engineer - Information Technology Jobs Near Me

Capstone IT is helping our client to hire a Java Engineer to design, develop, and support modern enterprise applications that drive business growth initiatives. This role requires strong experience building cloud-native applications, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and modern user interfaces while collaborating across business and technical teams.

This is new development with a focus on back end and middleware to connect existing legacy systems to new systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, integration, and support of enterprise applications and services.
• Build scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, and React.
• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Develop and support event-driven solutions and messaging integrations.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, developers, and external vendors to deliver technology solutions.
• Evaluate technical approaches and recommend scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Build and maintain automated testing frameworks and quality processes.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and DevOps best practices.
• Mentor team members and contribute to engineering standards and best practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted and agentic development tools to improve software delivery.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Java (11-21)
• Spring Boot
• REST API development
• Microservices architecture
• AWS cloud services
• Apache Kafka and event-driven architecture
• MongoDB or similar NoSQL database
• Docker/Kubernetes in cloud environments
• CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with AI agentic software development tools and practices.

Nice to have

• Gradle/Groovy
• React (17-19)
• MuleSoft or API Gateway

Education and Experience

• 7+ years of software development experience in enterprise environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from a U.S.-based accredited university
• Experience working with large insurance companies.

Capstone Consulting is an EEO employer.