Java Engineer - OH

Job#: 3028674

Job Description:

Client: Financial Services

Team: TBA

Job Title: Specialty Software Engineer 4 – Java (Contingent)

Location: Columbus, OH – (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)

Contract Length: 18 months (extension or conversion possible)

Pay Rate: $80 - $87

Top Requirements

• 6+ years Java development experience.
• 6+ years Spring Boot experience.
• 3+ years Cloud experience (Azure preferred, but any cloud acceptable).
• Must complete a HackerRank or Glider assessment.
• Strong hands-on engineering skills — must be able to speak to work performed and pass technical screening.

Plusses

• Kafka
• JMS / Messaging
• Kubernetes
• Ability to convert without sponsorship
• Experience with large-scale modernization programs
• Experience supporting highly regulated, high‑volume processing systems

Job Summary

This senior Specialty Software Engineer role will support the Check Modernization program, which processes 5 million+ checks nightly for billions of dollars in transaction value. The engineer will work as a full member of an Agile scrum team, contributing hands-on to the application modernization effort as the organization transitions from mainframe to cloud.

The role requires strong Java and Spring Boot expertise, distributed systems experience, event-driven architecture familiarity, and comfort working in a modernization program with high reliability and throughput requirements.

As part of a large multi-year consolidation effort (27 applications reducing to 4), the engineer will focus primarily on one application and one scrum team dedicated 100% to modernization work.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance Spring Boot Java microservices for large-scale modernization.
• Build integrations using Kafka, JMS, REST APIs, and cloud-based messaging patterns.
• Support containerized workloads (Kubernetes preferred).
• Collaborate with developers in Columbus and India across 3 scrum teams.
• Participate in story grooming, sprint planning, development, and release activities.
• Troubleshoot production-like issues and help prepare for a future weekend support rotation.
• Work across mainframe-to-cloud transition workflows and modernization pipelines.
• Contribute to cloud deployment design and best practices.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.