Senior Java Software Engineer, JR312
At ELEKS · United States
- Engineering
- Senior
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- Posted
- 19 June 2026
- First seen by us
- 15 October 2026
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Job description
From ELEKS’s job post, as they wrote it.
ELEKS Software Development and Engineering Office is looking for a Senior Java Developer in Chicago, IL.
ABOUT CLIENT
Our client is building a world-class digital platform that powers a broad portfolio of enterprise applications across mobile, web, cloud, and distributed computing environments. Their technology solutions are designed to improve productivity, profitability, and operational safety while supporting sustainable growth for businesses and communities worldwide.
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REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of experience designing and developing enterprise Java applications (5+ years with a Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field)
Strong expertise in Java 17+ and backend development
Experience developing scalable software applications using relational and NoSQL databases
Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and the Spring ecosystem
Solid understanding of software architecture patterns, including MVC, Microservices, and Event-driven Architecture
Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs
Experience with API design and testing tools such as OpenAPI (Swagger), Postman, and Assertible
Strong knowledge of AWS services, including IAM, API Gateway, Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, ALB, NLB, Fargate, SQS, SNS, and KMS
Experience with messaging and event streaming technologies such as Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Apache ActiveMQ
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices using Jenkins or similar tools
Experience delivering highly available, scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant backend solutions
Understanding of software architecture principles and experience contributing to technical design decisions
Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet project deadlines
Passion for technology and eagerness to contribute to a collaborative, team-oriented environment
RESPONSIBILITIES
Competent to perform all programming and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
Acts as team leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.
Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
Drives application development focused on delivering business-valuable features
Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
Identifies and encourages areas for growth and improvement within the team.
Mentors junior developers.
Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.
Leads the development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional teams
Performs integration testing and customer acceptance testing of components that require careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results
Participates in technology evaluation and recommendations.
Applies an enterprise-wide view to solutions to support the adoption of standards and practices and promote reuse.
Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by management from time to time.
WHAT YOU WILL GET WITH ELEKS
Close cooperation with a customer
Challenging tasks
Competence development
Ability to influence project technologies
Team of professionals
Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy
ABOUT ELEKS
ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.
Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.
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