Company DescriptionPublicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.Job DescriptionThe Java Platform Specialist drives the translation and construction of a client's business problems into innovative technology solutions by creating and owning the technical vision of the project and ensuring that the vision is achieved with a high level of quality. They are also responsible for mentoring and coaching people and providing technology- related thought leadership, including supporting sales activities.The Java Platform Specialist will be responsible defining the application architecture with the architect, owning and managing multiple tracks of work, validating designs, supporting estimations, adhering to project development processes and best practices around agile project management and delivery, implementing parts of the system architecture using best practices, working with clients and stakeholders to understand the requirements and how they will be implemented and managing team members. This will include designing technical solutions, coding solutions, performing unit testing, conducting code reviews and design reviews, learning new technologies, and becoming an expert in many parts of the system.Do you have the following?Designed technical solutions based on the business requirements and the existing architecture of a large and complex systemWorked with the project manager in the estimation effort for projects and work to identify and manage riskConducted hands on development activities using Agile methodology for Java based service oriented large and complex systemDeveloped conceptual and technical design including use of Microservices ArchitectureConducted Java application development/coding activities including design and code reviewsDocumented technical design as well as other technical documents based on project's compliance requirements.Participated in and encourage interactive discussion during technical design and code reviewsMentored junior team membersEnsured adherence to continuous improvement practices as required meeting quality / time to market imperativesQualificationsMust be a US Citizen or US Legal Permanent ResidentEligible for US Government ClearanceMinimum 7 years in systems integration and development, package implementation, and/or interactive designMinimum 5 years design and architecture experience with major Java technologies, such as Spring (including Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data) and Hibernate frameworksExpertise in design and development of MicroservicesUnderstanding and experience with patterns and techniques such as Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Design among othersExperience in design, development and production support for projects using Java/Spring based Microservices ArchitectureExperience creating Technical Design DocumentsExperience with Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps tools and processesExperience working independently on proof of conceptsSolid understanding of all parts of Software Engineering (eg Requirements, Design, Implementation, Testing) and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Experience successfully delivering a solution using an agile or iterative SDLCExperience with Object Oriented TechnologiesExperience with Test Driven Development (TDD) / Behavior Driven Development (BDD)Understanding of how the Internet works, including: HTTP protocol, DNS, SSL, Web servers, load balancingAbility to work and coordinate with key owners and stakeholdersProven leadership skills to independently manage a team of work with 2 to 4 people, during various phases of the project lifecycleExperience with SQL and data structure designBachelor's Degree required from a college or UniversityNice to havesExperience with supporting federal security requirements for enterprise applicationsExperience with API definition tools such as SwaggerExperience with front-end development workflows using Git, Node.js/npm, Gulp, Angular and BowerExperience with BPM workflow solutionsExperience with document management solutionsExperience with Event Driven ArchitectureExperience with JWT (JSON Web Tokens) authentication frameworkExperience with enterprise search platforms such as Elasticsearch or SOLRExperience building cloud native (AWS, Azure, GCP) applicationsAdditional InformationAs part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@ or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.