Java Backend Developer Senior

Job ID: 2616004

Location

Ashburn, VA, US

Date Posted

2026-09-01

Category

Software

Subcategory

SW Engineer

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

No

Minimum Clearance Required

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work

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Description

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented, and hands on mid-level Java Backend Developer with cloud experience to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This position requires you to be on-site in Ashburn, VA 5 days per week for the first year of employment. After their first year, you will have the option to work a hybrid schedule (2 days on-site).

Job Responsibilities

• Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Backend Developer will participate in the system architecture design, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java backend application involving extensive Messaging and Transaction processing.
• Must be hands on and be able to design and develop Java code as dictated by project requirements as needed and work with/mentor junior team members.
• The candidate will be expected to learn and adhere to the continuous integration, automated unit testing and other AGILE practices established within the team using the tools that are currently used by the team.
• The candidate is expected to diagnose and fix issues in existing application components as part of maintenance.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related engineering field with 5+ years of related technical experience.
• At least 5 years of strong Java JEE design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise softwar