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Senior Java Engineer - Lead

AT Labcorp
Labcorp

Senior Java Engineer - Lead

Durham, NC

Corporate IT is actively searching for experienced expert-level Senior Java Engineer-Lead to leverage their technology skills to develop solutions in the healthcare industry. The Lead Developer role will be part of existing team at Labcorp and will be contributing to the creation and implementation of enterprise solutions and standards for our AWS cloud IaaS platform. As part of this transformational team the applicant will enable new business workflows for the company as well as help to build out a new IT infrastructure shareable with other teams.

The prospective candidate will be engaged in a wide variety of work, including but not limited to web applications and web service development, platform development, automation, and coaching/mentoring of teams adopting the platforms. The Lead Developer will provide technical leadership in our agile development teams. The role will include dealing with complex business integrations, eliciting requirements, and implementing secure and high-performance services consumed by various devices and applications across the organization. The applicant will drive the evolution of our solutions and ensure that we meet our internal and external clients' requirements.

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Most importantly, this position will be engaging in meaningful work for an organization that is committed to "helping people live longer and healthier lives" every day.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the technical design, planning and manage development of both back-end services and UI.
  • Document and present architectural decisions to the team, peers and management. Provides architectural guidance to the development team.
  • Work with the development team, project managers, business analysts, Quality Assurance and users across the organization and create agile, intuitive and easy-to-use software.
  • Deliver prototypes, reusable and shared microservice components, advanced solutions, and implementations of applications.
  • Work with developers and integration team to brainstorm and research new design patterns in creating reusable solutions that can be utilized across the organization.
  • Develop complex RESTful services in a cross-functional and Agile development team.
  • Perform code and design reviews.
  • Follows best practices for test-driven development (unit testing and beyond)
  • Designs functional/system integration tests and automation.
  • Work with other groups within IT to foster the DevOps culture around automation of builds, testing, deploys and scaling.
  • Contribute to the SOA standards for the company and conduct impact analysis.
  • Mentor and train developers and help solve the technical challenges
  • Push the envelope with innovative and creative thinking

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or foreign equivalent plus ten (10) years of experience as Architect, Technical Lead, Software Engineer.
  • 10+ year experience and expert knowledge of Java (7+) enterprise development and integration middleware development.
  • 3+ year experience with hands-on application architecture for large enterprise solutions.
  • 7+ years of experience in each of the following skills: Java, Spring Core, Spring Integration, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security.
  • Strong understanding of Java concurrency, concurrency patterns, experience building thread safe application.
  • Must have extensive web application experience in developing employee/customer facing high scale applications.
  • Experience with Python and NodeJS is a plus.
  • Knowledge in Front End technologies: Angular, HTML5 and CSS3; JavaScript development (including object-oriented development)
  • Advanced skills in implementing Service APIs (SOAP, REST) with the market leading API Management tools such as API Gateway or Apigee,
  • Extensive experience delivering microservice based architecture leveraging APIs, containers and automation.
  • Experience with web service technologies like JAX-RS, JSON, JAXB, JAX-WS, and WSDL.
  • Advanced knowledge of highly efficient RDBMS SQL (e.g. DB2, Oracle) and Java integration with it using Spring Data, JPA, Hibernate.
  • Experience with NoSQL implementations a plus (e.g., MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB).
  • Experience on cloud based technologies (Preferred AWS or Kubernetes with OpenShift) and experience building cloud native applications.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with AWS technologies like Lambda, SQS, EC2 and ECS is a plus.
  • Expert knowledge in various data integration solutions (synchronous and asynchronous) messaging, Publish/Subscribe models, Middleware, and other related methodologies in a multi-user, multi-platform, multi-tier environment
  • Experience with messaging products like IBM MQRabbitMQ, Kafka or ActiveMQ
  • Experience in Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) using tools such as Maven, Gradle, Git, Sonar, Jenkins, Jira.
  • Hands On experience with TDD with expertise in Junit5 / Mockito.
  • Strong analytical, communication and team collaboration skills
  • Work as a multi-skilled professional practicing Agile/SCRUM methodology.
  • Ability to coach and mentor junior developers as well as teams adopting the platforms.

Application Window closes 6/9/2025

All job offers will be based on a candidate's skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data.

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information, please click here.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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Client-provided location(s): Durham, NC, USA
Job ID: labcorp-2518077_1111564063
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Flexible Work Hours
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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