Java Technical Lead

We are fast growing provider of logistics and freight transportation services with an industry-leading on-time record and low claims rate. We ensure your shipments are delivered on-time and damage-free. Solving complex logistics and shipping problems is what we live for. It’s what drives us. Our service offerings, which also include ground and air expedited transportation, are provided through a network of more than 250 service centers located throughout the continental United States. For more than 85 years, we’ve been helping the world keep their promises. It’s who we are.

We pride ourselves on offering our employees outstanding benefits for long-term career growth, stability, and work/life balance.

• Competitive base salary + annual bonus
• 100% Employer paid Health, Dental & Vision benefits for the Employee
• 401k matching of 50% of your contribution (on up to 6% of your salary) + annual variable employer contribution based on company performance
• 3 weeks PTO + 8 Paid Holidays + your Birthday as a holiday
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Wellness Program
• Credit Union access

We are looking for a talented Lead Java Developer with a background in Java development to lead the process of designing, developing, testing, and implementing applications using Java/J2EE. You'll work with middleware technologies and databases to prepare detailed technical specifications from which integration services will be written. You'll own and deliver your own solutions independently and lead the less experienced developers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and debugging of software using Java EE, Spring Boot, and OpenShift for containerized microservices
• Develop software using web presentation technologies such as AJAX, JSON, JavaScript, CSS and HTMLS
• Lead the database application development process using SQL and JDBC
• Lead the process of implementation planning, fit analysis, configuration, testing, rollout and post implementation support of solution/software development
• Work with Business Analyst to elicit, analyze, validate, specify, verify and manage the needs of stakeholders, gather business requirements and define detailed specifications
• Design and deploy database schemas and specify all attributes of database tables including primary keys, foreign keys, identities, constraints, default values, indexes and triggers
• Lead the efforts of problem resolution of issues and defects discovered during testing, independently resolve the issues if needed
• Participate in business unit and strategic planning and implement initiatives
• Provide on call support for production systems
• Process documentation to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Lead the less experienced developers and assist them with issues and questions

Ideal Background:

• 10+ years of experience as a Java Developer with full-stack web development experience
• Expert in Spring Boot microservices, REST & SOAP Web Services, Web Services Security
• Experience with Docker / Kubernetes or OpenShift for containerized microservices
• Experience with Angular on the front-end.
• Expertise with Agile software development methodologies (Scrum, XP, Kanban, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: We own 2 data centers and are purposefully not utilizing cloud now or in the foreseeable future