Senior AWS Java Full Stack Developer

Salary Range: $110K/Annum - $115K/AnnumAbout VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.

Job Description: Vlink is seeking a Senior AWS Java Full Stack Developer to lead the development and support of cloud-based applications in an AWS focused financial services environment. This role combines advanced hands-on development with technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot microservices, Angular, and AWS.This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL, Columbia, SC or Plano, TXYour future duties and responsibilities: Responsibilities include making component level technical decisions, building secure and scalable services, improving application performance and reliability, and guiding implementation teams. The developer will strengthen automated testing and delivery practices, resolve complex issues across services, and mentor developers while aligning implementation with enterprise standards. Required qualifications to be successful in this role:8+ years of advanced Java experience, including collections, streams, exception handling, JVM concepts, multithreading, concurrency, and functional and reactive programming. Familiarity with Java 8, 17, and 21 features. Strong Spring Boot and microservices experience, including REST APIs, dependency injection, input validation, centralized exception handling, configuration management, and Actuator. Hands on experience with Spring Security, JWT authentication, JPA/Hibernate, and transaction management. Ability to define service boundaries and implement resilient, scalable services using circuit breakers, distributed transaction patterns, and production monitoring. Strong Angular skills across component structure, services, RxJS, state management, routing, API integration, and UI performance optimization. Hands on AWS experience with EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, IAM, ECS, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, and networking fundamentals. Experience implementing serverless and event driven applications, with attention to availability, security, operational readiness, and cloud costs. Ability to lead component and service implementation, evaluate technical tradeoffs, document implementation decisions, and mentor other developers. Desired Skillset: Kafka producers and consumers, topics, consumer groups, event streaming, error handling, and performance tuning. Docker and Kubernetes, including container optimization, deployments, scaling, and troubleshooting. Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure DevOps, build automation, CI/CD pipelines, and release practices. API integration standards, Open API/Swagger, authentication, authorization, versioning, and API contracts. Playwright and Lambda Test for reusable UI automation, regression testing, cross browser execution, and troubleshooting unreliable tests. GitHub Copilot or similar tools, including team guidance on generated code review, test coverage, and security. Strong root cause analysis, stakeholder communication, Agile collaboration, and ownership of delivery risks.

Educational Requirements: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field. .Employment Practices: VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. This job application process may use AI-powered tools to assist in screening and evaluating applications based on objective, job-related qualifications. AI is used solely to support the recruitment process and all final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team. Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy.