Senior Java Backend Developer Jobs in Downingtown, PA

Job Title: Senior Full-Stack Java Developer - Contract
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly accomplished and technically secure Senior Full-Stack Java Developer to join an enterprise project team on a contract basis. In this senior individual contributor seat, you will take operational ownership of designing, engineering, and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications.
Moving seamlessly between backend system architecture and modern front-end design, you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex business logic into efficient technical specifications. The ideal contractor possesses a deep technical toolkit across cloud environments, writes pristine, modular code, and brings a proven history of technical leadership to maintain absolute application performance and reliability.
Key Responsibilities
Backend Engineering & Cloud Architecture
• Scalable Application Design: Architect, build, and sustain advanced, high-availability backend microservices and application layers utilizing Advanced Java frameworks.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy, configure, and optimize cloud-native application components, ensuring code is tailored for distributed cloud environments.
• Modular Code Delivery: Write clean, highly efficient, well-documented, and reusable code components following strict object-oriented design patterns and enterprise best practices.
Front-End Integration & Full-Stack Synergy
• Responsive UI Development: Design and engineer complex, single-page client interfaces using Advanced Angular, ensuring robust cross-platform responsiveness and seamless backend API integration.
• Full-Stack Bridging: Own technical outcomes end-to-end, connecting scalable database structures and RESTful APIs directly to client-facing web components.
Technical Leadership & Quality Governance
• Requirement Translation: Analyze complex user requirements and translate them into functional, maintainable, and highly secure technical solutions.
• Code Quality Assurance: Champion high code quality by conducting comprehensive unit testing, system debugging, and active participation in peer code review loops.
• System Optimization: Stay continuously updated on evolving Java and cloud methodologies, proactively recommending and implementing system performance improvements.
• Project Mentorship: Provide technical direction, architectural guidance, and process oversight to project team members, drawing on prior technical leadership experience to keep development velocities aligned with milestones.
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
• Experience Baseline: Minimum of 6 to 9 years of professional experience in enterprise-grade Java development.
• Leadership Depth: Minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience serving explicitly in a technical lead or project lead capacity.
• Advanced Hard Filters (6-9 Years of Verifiable Depth Required for Each):
oAdvanced Java Mastery: Expert-level capability designing, debugging, and scaling core Java application frameworks.
oAdvanced Angular Fluency: Proven hands-on track record building complex front-end modules, managing application state, and driving user-experience optimizations.
oAdvanced AWS Core: Solid working knowledge of cloud-native computing, storage, deployment automation, and routing within the Amazon Web Services ecosystem.
• Competencies: Exceptional written and verbal communication habits, strong analytical problem-solving skills, and a proven history of operating successfully within fast-paced, collaborative project teams.
Preferred Qualifications
• Prior professional development experience or domain knowledge within the Investment, Wealth Management, Retirement Services, or broader FinTech industries is highly preferred.
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Additional Skills
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AllSTEM Representative Contact Info
Account Executive:
Nichols
Branch Phone:
(909) 244-1777
Location:
Ontario, CA