Jr. Software Engineer

Job Title: Jr. Full Stack EngineerLocation-Type: Hybrid – Owings Mills, MD (2 days/week onsite)Work Hours: 40 hours/week, 9 AM–5 PM ESTStart Date Is: ASAP (approximately 3–4 weeks from offer)Duration: 6-Month ContractCompensation Range: $40/hr - $48/hr W-2Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401KMust be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Job Description:

• Join an established Agile development team supporting a self-service advisor dashboard and the backend workflow applications that power it.
• Develop new features and functionality for existing applications, with approximately 80% of the work focused on backend development and 20% on frontend development.
• Build and enhance Java/Spring Boot applications, REST APIs, and microservices.
• Contribute to frontend functionality using Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Troubleshoot bugs, investigate technical issues, and implement effective solutions.
• Work with SQL databases to query and analyze data and support basic scripts or data migrations.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, user story estimation, retrospectives, and technical refinement.
• Translate requirements and user stories into working functionality, taking ownership of assigned work from development through testing.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, QA/SDET, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum team members.

Requirements:

• 3 years of professional software development experience.
• 3 years of hands-on Java development experience, ideally with Java 8 .
• Experience developing applications with Spring and/or Spring Boot.
• Experience developing REST APIs and microservices.
• 1 year of experience with Angular and working knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Working knowledge of SQL, including querying and analyzing data.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment using Jira and/or Rally.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to take requirements or user stories and independently translate them into working solutions.
• Proactive communicator who takes initiative, follows through on commitments, and asks thoughtful questions when needed.
• Comfortable joining an existing codebase and contributing with limited hand-holding.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1–3 years of AWS experience or familiarity with AWS services, particularly Lambda.
• Experience with Snowflake.
• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• Financial services industry experience.
• Additional database or DBA experience.