Backend Developer Job
Job Description Job Attributes+
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Job ID
14282085
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Req #
27984
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Job Location
Alexandria, VA 22314, US
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Job Category
Developer/Engineer
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Job Type
9+ Month Contract
Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Backend Developer to join our Client's team.
Java Developer with extensive experience developing cloud-native, microservices-based applications using Java/Spring Boot, REST/JSON APIs, and AWS. Leads the design, development, and implementation of scalable backend services to support business requirements. Follows Agile methodologies and drives engineering excellence through architectural ownership, mentoring, and continuous improvement of development practices. Champions AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and improve code quality.
Required Skills
- Strong Java backend experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and microservices/event-driven architecture
- Experience with AWS services and message broker technologies
- Experience leading API design and documentation standards; owning security design reviews with strong knowledge of OWASP principles and authentication/authorization patterns
- Experience defining and driving testing strategy across unit, integration, and automated testing
- Proficiency in SQL with working knowledge of relational database concepts including DDL, DML, and reading/understanding stored procedures
- Experience working in a GitHub-based CI/CD environment with hands-on experience in containerized application packaging and deployment using Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive architectural improvements, lead production incident response, and own technical specifications and design documentation
- Ability to ability AI-assisted development tools across the team; drives adoption where it improves outcomes, mentors others, and stays current on emerging technologies and their application to existing systems
Preferred Skills
- Experience with API, security, and performance testing tools such as Postman, OWASP ZAP, and JMeter
- Experience with observability tooling — structured logging, monitoring, and alerting using CloudWatch, AppDynamics, and/or Splunk
- Experience with PostgreSQL and/or cloud-managed databases (RDS, Aurora)
- Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills; experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, Ember) is a plus for full-stack collaboration
Security Clearance Required: Public Trust
Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.
EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities
Additional Information
Who We Are
ABOUT US
Founded in 1998, Blackstone Talent Group is one of three divisions of Blackstone Technology Group. The other two divisions are Blackstone Federal, a premier engineering + transformation agency that serves the federal government, and Trellis Energy, the largest transaction management software firm fully dedicated to serving the natural gas industry.
Blackstone Technology Group is a privately-held global IT services, solutions and resourcing firm. Headquartered in San Francisco, Blackstone now has more than 300+ employees across five offices nationwide. Blackstone Technology Group’s mission is to help clients adapt to the demands of a digital world, and has garnered an impressive track record of delivering successful results to a client list that includes Fortune 100 businesses and US federal, state and local government.
WHAT WE DO
We provide contract, permanent and managed resource services to our clients. We source for commercial businesses and non-profits, as well as government clients requiring security clearances from public trust through multiple levels of top secret. Some of our skill specialties are IT, IT Operations, Engineering, Accounting and Finance, and Executive Search.
HOW WE DO IT
Our team never stops building connections with talent. And our network of fully-vetted, ready-to-work professionals allows us to provide exceptional speed and accuracy in our resource delivery that is unmatched in the industry. With a relationship-first engagement approach, we most often become a trusted partner with our clients and operate as an extension of their organizations.
