Junior Full Stack Java Developer

Location: Albany, NY

Job Type: Full-Time

Target Salary Range*: $75,000 - $95,000.

*This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

As a Full Stack Java Developer, the work you’ll do will be impactful to the mission of our NYS customer. You will play a crucial role as you join our team in partnership with New York State of Health (NYSoH) to provide comprehensive health coverage to more than 7.0 million New Yorkers through its Health Benefit Exchange (HBE).

• You’ll join our talented Development Team. Our project is built on a multi-tier architecture including service-oriented architecture (SOA), multi-tier web applications using Java, and various other COTS products.
• Build and maintain highly complex, high-volume, large-scale, scalable, maintainable and extensible software on a Java/J2EE application stack using the full software development life cycle (SDLC), from concept, design and documentation to testing, ensuring compliance with specifications and adherence to coding standards.
• Analyze user and business needs and functionality to plan and assist with the design of software systems that meet those needs.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related technical field, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience

• 2–3 years of experience in software development with an understanding of Core Java/J2EE, Spring Framework, ORM tools, Java build tools, JUnit testing, web services, relational databases and SQL
• 1 year of large-scale application experience

Skills

• Ability to write simple and complex SQL queries, preferably with DB2 SQL syntax including PL/SQL
• Good analytical and multitasking skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gather and analyze information skillfully; develop alternative solutions; apply critical thinking and creative problem solving

• Healthcare, Medicaid or Health Exchange experience
• Experience with Angular
• Foundational knowledge of prompt engineering principles for working effectively with AI models
• Knowledge of IDE-based AI coding agents such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Kiro or Claude Code to accelerate boilerplate generation, debugging and unit testing