Java Backend Developer

Role: Java Backend Developer
Location: Chicago, IL

Let's create our future together at The AES Group!

About The AES Group
The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies.

Job Summary
Seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design, development, testing, and deployment of a state-of-the-art digital platform hosted on AWS. The engineer will develop scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot, while contributing to a world-class platform supporting a wide range of digital applications.
The role will work backend services and will involve hands-on development, technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, architecture, application support, and collaboration across Agile project teams.

Responsibilities
Design and develop backend RESTful APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
Develop, deploy, and maintain scalable software applications hosted on public cloud platforms, primarily AWS.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to development and support teams.
Mentor developers and conduct code reviews to maintain high software quality standards.
Lead development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams.
Identify and resolve complex application and technical issues.
Drive application development focused on delivering valuable business features.
Establish and promote software development best practices, coding standards, and quality processes.
Develop structured application/interface code and maintain technical, operational, and user documentation.
Contribute to application architecture and design decisions.
Design and implement applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
Work with messaging and event-streaming technologies.
Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
Debug and maintain applications running on Linux/Unix platforms.
Collaborate effectively with technical and cross-functional stakeholders.

Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant experience, OR
Master's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, OR
No degree with a minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience.

Technical Skills
10+ years of software development experience with Java.
Strong experience with Java 17 or higher.
Hands-on experience developing Spring Boot RESTful APIs.
Experience deploying and maintaining applications using public cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
Experience with microservices architecture and application architectural patterns.
Experience designing and developing well-defined RESTful APIs.
AWS Kinesis, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Apache ActiveMQ, Azure Event Hub
AWS Aurora, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis
Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GoCD
Experience working within an Agile/Scrum environment.
Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
Experience debugging and maintaining applications in Linux/Unix environments.

Preferred Skills
Experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining software at scale.
Experience with event-driven architecture.
Hands-on experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman, and Assertible.
Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
Experience with Cucumber and Selenium, including integration with CI/CD pipelines.
API Gateway, ALB/NLB, Fargate, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch
Experience with AI development tools is a big plus.