Junior Full Stack Java Developer Jobs in Arkansas

Location: Batesville, Arkansas (Hybrid / On-site flexibility preferred)

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: Mid-to-Senior (3–5+ years of relevant experience, with 5+ years of programming experience preferred)

FutureFuel Chemical Company (FFCC) is seeking a self-directed, security-focused Full-Stack Web Application Developer. While this is a hands-on software development role rather than a people-management position, it requires strong, proven project management skills. Because you will be working independently a majority of the time, your ability to organize, prioritize, and self-direct the migration strategy is critical to our success.

Your workload will be split between supporting our legacy web architecture (Classic ASP.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, IIS, and SQL Server) and building out the new platform using React.JS/.NET with a MySQL backend. The ideal candidate possesses a strong software development lifecycle background, thinks systematically, and excels at driving projects from conception to completion under minimal supervision.

● Workload Prioritization: Apply strong working knowledge of project management and time management techniques to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple workloads with minimal supervision.

● Milestone Tracking: Break down the overarching migration goal into clear technical milestones, self-directing your daily tasks to meet deadlines under pressure.

● Lifecycle Management: Manage the full software development lifecycle of the transition, proactively identifying technical dependencies, resource constraints, and deployment risks.

● Documentation & Reporting: Maintain necessary project plans and thorough documentation of all system/application builds. Provide concise weekly status reports focused entirely on completed technical results.

● System Maintenance: Directly troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing web application components built on Classic ASP.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, and IIS.

● Database Programming: Write and optimize complex Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries, manage stored procedures, and handle data modifications within our legacy SQL Server databases.

● XML Data Processing: Perform advanced application troubleshooting involving XML schemas, data extraction, transformation, and database integration.

● Performance Tuning: Monitor systems proactively for capacity constraints, perform data dictionary maintenance, and execute database performance analysis to maximize system availability.

● Hands-on Migration: Re-code and transition legacy web logic over to a modern frontend using React and a structured MySQL backend.

● Application & Database Implementation: Build user interfaces, design schemas, and implement optimized queries for the new application platform.

● Security Integration: Build security directly into the code by employing "least privilege" access design principles across all database structures and application layers.

● Disaster Readiness: Maintain the integrity, security, and availability of backup data during the transition lifecycle.

● Department Collaboration: Work closely with infrastructure, server, network, and database teams to resolve complex deployment issues and production bugs.

● Helpdesk Support: Help manage team workload by occasionally pitching in to resolve tasks within the IT Helpdesk backlog.

● Company Compliance: Follow all FFCC safety rules and complete required organizational safety training on time.

● Project Management Expertise: Demonstrated ability to accept high-level assignments, self-start, and execute complex technical migrations with limited supervision and guidance.

● Experience: 3 to 5+ years of full-stack web application development experience, with a solid grasp of the full software development lifecycle.

● Legacy Proficiency: Applied programming skills in Classic ASP/.NET, VBScript, vanilla JavaScript, HTML, and IIS configuration.

● Modern Stack Expertise: Practical experience designing, creating, and administering database web applications using MySQL. Strong proficiencies in building interactive user interfaces with React.

● Database Foundations: Deep understanding of data modeling, database design, indexing strategies, and expert-level competency writing complex SQL queries.

● Security Focus: Practical understanding of web security administration (user permissions, auditing, security metrics) and experience staying updated on modern security vulnerabilities.

● Communication: Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with both novice business users and technical staff.

● Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics preferred (an Associate's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered).

● Legacy Data Skills: Experience with Microsoft SQL Server development (T-SQL), SQL-XML programming, SSIS, and SSRS.

● Utility Tools: Familiarity with data modeling tools (e.g., ERWin), file comparison utilities (e.g., WinMerge), or PHP.

● Infrastructure Awareness: Broad knowledge of Active Directory, basic network protocols (TCP/IP, VLANs), and server environment fundamentals to act as a backup systems admin if needed.

FutureFuel Chemical Company (FFCC) is a specialty and fine chemical manufacturing producer with an over forty-year successful plant history. FFCC has three business segments: custom/toll manufacturing, performance chemicals, and biodiesel. FFCC serves a wide variety of markets including pharmaceutical intermediates and products, nylon and polyester fibers, cleaning products, agricultural products, paints and coating, and fuels and energy.

FFCC is a small publicly traded company with approximately 500 employees that has a rich history of complex organic chemistry innovation, excellent environmental stewardship, and excellent health and safety compliance. We are a growing U.S. manufacturer of specialty organic chemicals and premium biofuels. Our company is headquartered in Batesville, Arkansas and publicly listed on the NYSE under "FF". We have a world class integrated biofuels and specialty chemicals manufacturing facility in Batesville. This position is located in at the Batesville plant but has some hybrid flexibility. Visit our website at www.Futurefuelchemicalcompany.com

· Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, including a relocation program and Advancement Ladder.

· Comprehensive Benefits: We offer excellent medical, dental, and vision insurances, 401k matching, an employee work-out center, life insurance, parental leave, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement for continuing education, paid military leave, wellness incentives, and disability insurance.

· Culture: Expect a company culture that is friendly, inviting, helpful, inclusive, supportive, dedicated, and full of brilliant team members.

About the Location

Batesville, Arkansas is a small rural town of about 10,000 on the foothills of the Ozark Mountains with excellent area schools, a University of Arkansas 2-year college and Lyon College, a highly rated Liberal Arts College. We are a strong outdoor community with the White River, nearby lakes, parks, bike trails, dog park, walking trails, excellent soccer and baseball/softball facilities, a thriving community and aquatics center and Historic Main Street, and close access to Blanchard Springs Caverns, The Ozark Folk Center, and the Buffalo River, one of the longest undammed rivers west of the Mississippi and the nation’s first National River designated by Congress in 1972 to preserve its clean water and other outstanding values. Batesville has a regional health care center, Community Theatre and Arts Council, a strong Chamber of Commerce, one of the top 10 public libraries in the state, Mark Martin NASCAR Museum, and a regional historic museum. Visit Batesville at cityofbatesville.com.

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