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Clera

AI Engineer (Mid-Level)

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$180K - $400K/yr

As a mid-level AI Engineer on the core product team, you'll own production LLM-based services end-to-end, collaborate closely with founders and product, and ship features that deliver measurable ...

Clera

AI Engineer (Mid-Level)

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$180K - $400K/yr

As a mid-level AI Engineer on the core product team, you'll own production LLM-based services end-to-end, collaborate closely with founders and product, and ship features that deliver measurable ...

EQL Tech

Mid-Level Software Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

The role You would be the second engineer in-house, working alongside the Lead Software Engineer and an external technical consultant. The platform is mid-migration. A legacy monolith is being ...

360 IT Professionals

Full stack Java developer

San Ramon, CA · On-site

$58.75 - $75.75/hr

We use Objective C and Swift programming languages to create native applications for iPhone ... level support. Technical Expertise: Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design ...

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Sr Java Developer, SpringBoot, JPA, REST API, SQL, Junit, CI/CD, SPLUNK 12+ Mts Cont, Menlo Park, CA

Menlo Park, CA • On-site

ZnA Inc
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$67.50 - $86/hr

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Job description

Level 3 – ( 5 to 7 yrs of exp)

Loc: Menlo Park, CA  (Hybrid 3 days onsite)

Dur: 12+ Months Contract

Interview Type: 2 to 3 rounds – Final Round In-person (locals who can commute will be given preference)

Role Title- Sr Java Developer, Spring Boot, JPA, REST API, SQL, Junit, Kubernetes, Splunk, SSO  12+ Mths Cont, Menlo Park, CA
Department Profile:

 Services Technology is a dynamic and fast-paced area within the Firm's Wealth Management Technology Division.
We are responsible for creating innovative technology solutions for the Account Opening (AO), one of the strategic growth areas of the Firm, providing document management, workflow and services to our WM clients. This includes state-of-the-art technology for a nationwide network of Private Bankers and product specialists who work with Financial Advisors to provide access to products and services such as online banking, cards, deposit products, residential mortgages, securities-based loans and tailored lending. If you are an exceptional individual who is interested in solving complex problems and building sophisticated solutions in a dynamic team environment, Services Technology is the place for you.
 

Sr Java Developer / lead


Role & Responsibilities:
-Self-starter who is proficient in development with Process Development, Headless REST APIs, JAVA, JEE, Spring, Git and other Frameworks with experience in guiding Project teams with full life cycle of development/design and requirements gathering
-Strong developer with hands-on experience in coding, delivering quality code and writing quality unit test cases using Jmeter.
- In the role of a Sr. developer/lead, the resource will be involved in architecting and designing complex business processes and find solutions for the business problems.
-Collaborate and lead discussions offering expert opinions w.r.t design and implementation.
-The resource will also be actively working on enhancements and fixes in these areas. The resource will be working closely with the users in resolving issues and answering questions.
-Participate in design review and peer code review. Understand the build and deployment process and be a go to person for troubleshooting live issues.

-Strong understanding of Jmeter and experience with building test automaton suite using Jmeter
- Required qualifications:
-5 -7 years in Java backend engineering with Java 11+, strong with Java 21 features and performance (incl. virtual threads exposure preferred).
-Spring Boot 2/3, Spring Web, Data JPA, Validation, Scheduling, REST API design and documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger).
-SQL proficiency (PostgreSQL/Oracle/SQL Server), schema design, query optimization.
Testing:
-JUnit 5, Mockito, Test containers, CI/CD with TeamCity, code quality (SonarQube).
-Containers/Kubernetes basics, config management, GitOps workflows.

-Observability: logs/metrics/traces using Splunk/Dynatrace (or similar).
-Secure coding, authN/Z, and enterprise network patterns (whitelisting, proxies).

 -Build secure services (Kerberos/OAuth2/SSO), input validation, and audit/logging.
-Participate in code reviews, architecture, and production incident response/on-call.
 

Soft skills:
-Clear communicator, concise incident/runbook writing.
-Ownership mindset, collaborates with QA/DevOps/Product, supports cross-time zone teams.
Nice to have:
-Messaging with JMS/IBM MQ/ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ, retry/DLQ patterns.
-Any experience in UI frameworks (Angular/React) Performance profiling (JFR, async-profiler) and memory/GC tuning.
-GraphQL, Kafka, Redis caching, or Pact contract testing.