Full-Stack Java Developer

About Ontada

Ontada is an oncology technology and insights business dedicated to transforming the fight against cancer. Part of McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 7 company, Ontada was founded on the core belief that precise insights — delivered exactly at the point of need — can improve patient outcomes. Ontada connects the full patient journey by unifying technology, real-world data, and analytics to accelerate innovation in cancer care.

Position Summary

We are looking for a driven, hands-on Full-Stack Java Developer to help design, build, and evolve enterprise-grade platforms at Ontada. This role spans both backend services and modern web user interfaces, contributing across the full stack to deliver secure, scalable, high-performing solutions in a regulated PHI/HIPAA environment. You will work closely with product, architecture, and engineering partners — including onshore and offshore teams — to translate requirements into well-engineered, production-ready software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications spanning Java backend microservices and React-based front ends.

• Build and consume RESTful APIs; design JSON contracts and negotiate endpoints with consuming services.

• Develop responsive, accessible web UIs using React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.

• Implement and maintain Spring Boot microservices and Spring Batch jobs for ingestion and transformation workloads.

• Model and evolve relational data structures in PostgreSQL; write performant SQL and database migrations.

• Contribute to event-driven architectures using Kafka for asynchronous, decoupled communication between services.

• Containerize and deploy services to Kubernetes on Azure, leveraging Azure Blob Storage, Azure Key Vault, and related Azure services.

• Apply CI/CD best practices using GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm, and JFrog/Artifactory.

• Participate in architecture, design, and planning sessions; produce clean, reusable, testable, and well-documented code.

• Perform code reviews, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex defects across the stack.

• Implement security, data protection, and audit controls appropriate to a PHI/HIPAA environment.

• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; contribute to meeting platform test-coverage standards.

• Collaborate with engineers (onshore and offshore) and share best practices across the team.

Current Technology Stack

• Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, RESTful microservices

• Frontend: React 18+, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, micro-frontends

• Data: PostgreSQL 16+

• Messaging / Streaming: Apache Kafka (Confluent)

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Key Vault

• Identity: Okta, OAuth 2.0, OIDC

• CI/CD & Tooling: GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm, JFrog/Artifactory, Maven/Gradle

Minimum Requirement

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Critical Skills

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building enterprise-scale applications.

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Java, Spring, and Spring Boot in a microservices architecture.

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building modern web front ends with React, TypeScript, and JavaScript.

• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL (PostgreSQL preferred).

• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs (JSON contracts, endpoint negotiation).

• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred).

• Proficiency with Git/GitHub and collaborative branching workflows.

• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Agile/SDLC delivery practices.

• Strong written and verbal communication.

• Continuous-improvement mindset; thrives in a fail-fast, iterative environment.

• User- and client-first focus with a commitment to application quality and performance.

• Effective collaborator across distributed onshore and offshore teams.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with Apache Camel for declarative enterprise integration and routing.

• Experience with Debezium and Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns.

• Experience with event-driven architectures on Kafka / Confluent at scale.

• Familiarity with micro-frontend architectures and module federation.

• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7) and HIPAA compliance.

• Experience with observability tooling (Dynatrace, Splunk, or similar).

• Experience using AI-assisted developer tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Windsurf) in day-to-day engineering workflows.

Working Conditions

• Primary location: Hybrid work-at-home / in office model, Dallas, TX-based.

• Occasional travel (2 times per year) to onsite meetings.

• All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. No sponsorship or relocation available.

This role is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in-office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$106,100 - $176,800

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