Senior Java Developer with hands on Memory Management & Performance Tuning Experience

$145,600 - $187,200/Yr

Yoh Services - Needham, MA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Needham, MA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Java Developer role focuses on developing and optimizing mission-critical applications with a strong emphasis on memory management and performance tuning. The position requires extensive experience in core Java, multithreading, and concurrency, along with the ability to work independently and take ownership of projects. The developer will be responsible for driving solutions and ensuring high performance in server-side applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize mission-critical applications using Core Java.
• Implement multithreading and concurrency in application design.
• Manage memory effectively to enhance application performance.
• Perform server-side tuning and performance tuning of applications.
• Collaborate with team members to drive solutions and take ownership of work.

Requirements

• 10-12+ years of development experience, with at least 7 years in Java.
• Strong expertise in Core Java, multithreading, concurrency, memory management, and exception handling.
• Experience with Spring framework and AWS services (ECS, EC2, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with Kafka is a strong plus.
• Basic understanding of GraphiQL is preferred.
• Experience in financial services is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Node.js and React.
• Kernel level programming experience.

Benefits

• Competitive pay rate of $70-$90 per hour.
• Hybrid work model with onsite presence required 3 days a week.