Java Engineer (Local TO SC) in Columbia, SC

Hi,

I hope all is well. I am doing a search for a client who has an urgent requirement Java Engineer contract opportunity. The job description is listed below. If this is something you are interested in, please call me ASAP at (408) 694-3526 and reply to this email. or please mail me your Updated Resume in Word format, Availability, Contact Details, and hourly rate as per the hiring policy of our client.

Java Engineer

02/16/2026

9 Months

1201 Main Street Suite 600 Columbia, SC

Possibility for Extension: Yes

Work Location: Role is 100% remote

Candidate location: Candidate must be a CURRENT SC resident. No relocation allowed.

Full job description attached and required and preferred skills are listed below.

Additional details: Onsite travel to Columbia may be required, possibly up to once per month. More clarity regarding necessary travel will be known as the project progresses after the candidate starts.

7+ years of experience with Tapestry

7+ years of experience with JavaScript

7+ years of experience with jQuery

7+ years of experience with EDI Transactions

7+ years of experience with JDBC

Prefered

Experience with Java

Experience with UC4

Experience with ActiveMQ

Experience with Unix variants and Unix Scripting

Experience with SQL

Experience with MongoDB

Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience

Company / Department culture (why do you enjoy working for the company - selling points for potential candidates):

We are currently hiring to staff an opening on our Web Development Team and looking for a highly motivated self-driven individuals. This position will provide FRONTEND and backend web development including all user interfaces for south Carolina's Medicaid web application and associated web services. The application frontends are to be designed as platform independent and mobile ready. This senior expert level frontend web developer will be responsible for the look and feel of the web application that the user will experience, unit and systems testing, implementation, and maintenance of complex Web systems and back-end development. This position requires experience with Java, web application development, web service development, and distributed systems development. This position will work on one of the States most complex information technology projects as Client migrates the States existing mainframe Medicaid systems to modern technology environments and platforms

Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects with motivated team members will find this position attractive.

Why is this position open (new role, increased work load, new dept, resignation, promotion)? If backfill Position - What separated the candidate you initially selected from all the other resumes presented?

New role

Scope of the project:

This project team develops and supports the framework functionality of the State's EDI Services & the Medicaid Web Portal application. Client Medicaid Information Technology Services (MITS) team develops and operates systems on behalf of the Client. CLient team will be responsible for the project management and oversight of this project.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

The Software Engineer is responsible for assessing, designing, developing, supporting and implementing the State's Member Management replacement project and any other projects assigned. This position will be a part of a Production Support group under the direction of Clemson's technical project manager for support & maintenance of all new technology development work.

The Software Engineer role has two major functions: design and development/implementation.

• Web-based Distributed Systems Architecture and Design: Design, develop, and implement enterprise level web-based systems, enterprise defined in terms of system scope as well as number of users. Plan for responsive user interfaces incorporating modern Web 2.0 technologies (such as AJAX) and mobility needs (smartphones and tablets).
• and develop Java applications incorporating industry-standard frameworks where appropriate (such as Spring). Plan for highly available and scalable applications. Incorporate services into system design where appropriate.
• Software Project Lifecycle Management: Effectively implement and utilize modern Web-based software industry standards and best practices, use of integrated development environments, strong emphasis on unit testing and participation in complete software lifecycle from analysis and design through testing and deployment. Assist end-user and business analysts in turning business needs into incremental software development projects.
• Communication: Communicate with a broad mix of stakeholders involved in the information technology system replacement projects including business users, analysts, software engineers, database architects and administrators (DBAs), quality assurance engineers (QA), systems and infrastructure staff, and support staff.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

1. 7+ years of experience with Tapestry
2. 7+ years of experience with JavaScript
3. 7+ years of experience with jQuery
4. 7+ years of experience with EDI Transactions
5. 7+ years of experience with JDBC

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience with Java
• Experience with UC4
• Experience with ActiveMQ
• Experience with Unix variants and Unix Scripting
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with MongoDB
• Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) experience

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Required Certifications:

None required