Junior Software Developer

The Junior Software Developer role at CGI Group, Inc. sits on an Agile team tasked with designing and building modern, services-based web applications for a large government agency. This position follows a hybrid work model based in Lafayette, Louisiana, with additional opportunities in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to defining and implementing the evolving architecture and development of a new application.
• Write and structure code following best practices, while sharing knowledge with the team to strengthen the group's ability to deliver robust Java applications.
• Engage in all phases of the Agile software lifecycle, including design and requirements gathering, activity estimation, coding, code reviews, and testing.
• Author and review web application code using AI assisted paired programming, with technologies such as Angular, Java, and JavaScript.
• Deploy applications to Kubernetes.
• Apply a fundamental understanding of data structures (document formats, JSON, YAML), problem solving, and algorithm design and analysis.
• Utilize the Spring Framework extensively, including Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and Spring Data.
• Develop experience with RESTful services and API design.
• Participate in daily team discussions and collaborative coding to sustain progress.
• Contribute to client, industry, and end-user discussions to provide technical perspective on the application.
• Attend technical design sessions to create scalable features, provide accurate estimates, and outline development timelines.
• Pursue continuous improvement of development tools and technologies.
• Author automated tests for the application.
• Contribute to system architecture enhancements.
• Develop a general understanding of database design and optimize backend data access.

Requirements

• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• At least two years of experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Java across frontend and backend development.
• Experience with AI assisted paired programming tooling.
• Familiarity with a modern Java development environment and tools such as Maven, Git, Tomcat, Eclipse, Bamboo, and Hibernate.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or similar container technologies.
• Positive, proactive attitude and a desire to contribute to team success.
• Strong communication skills with internal teammates and customers.
• Ability to work independently and within a dynamic team, delivering high quality code for reviews and demonstrations.
• Ability to quickly research, learn, and apply emerging software technologies.

Technologies

• HTML, CSS, Java, JavaScript, Angular
• Kubernetes, Docker
• Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring Data
• Maven, Git, Tomcat, Eclipse, Bamboo, Hibernate
• OpenAM, SecureAuth, Okta
• Bootstrap, AWS tools and services
• OpenSearch, Athena, Sagemaker, Quicksight
• Kafka, JAX-RS, Swagger, JSON, YAML
• PostgreSQL, Oracle
• CI/CD and monitoring tooling such as Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Datadog, New Relic

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• 401(k) with matching contributions and an employee share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and well-being programs

Desirable Qualifications and Non-Essential Skills

• Java / JEE development with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, REST JAX-RS, Web Services, security, Controllers/Services, Spring Data ORM (Hibernate/JPA 2), and JSON.
• AWS Serverless Services such as SQS, SNS, SES, Step, and Lambda.
• AWS Analytics tools including Glue, Redshift, EMR, OpenSearch, Athena, Sagemaker, and Quicksight.
• Kafka for event streaming.
• Web servers such as Apache and JBoss EAP application server.
• Open source frameworks including commons, ehcache, velocity, aopalliance, mail, swagger, etc.
• Authentication and authorization tools like ForgeRock OpenAM, SecureAuth, and Okta.
• UI and UX with Angular and Bootstrap.
• Databases on AWS RDS for Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Log management with DataDog.
• Alerts and monitoring via Datadog, Google Analytics, and New Relic.
• CI/CD with Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, and Selenium; load testing with JMeter.
• Code management with Git and GitHub.
• Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, and SourceTree.
• Consulting experience.

Skills

• Application Development
• Back End Development
• Java
• Artificial Intelligence
• AWS AI Services
• English
• Spring Boot