Senior FS Java AWS

Kforce has a client in Jersey City, NJ that is seeking a Senior FS Java AWS.

Responsibilities: * Design and develop enterprise grade backend systems using Java/J2EE (Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful services) * Build and maintain full stack applications, integrating backend services with modern frontend consumers * Architect and implement AI augmented and Agentic AI systems.

* Develop and evaluate NLP and GenAI solutions, including prompt engineering and model orchestration * Collaborate with product owners, architects, analysts, and engineering peers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions * Apply software engineering guidelines, including clean architecture, design patterns, unit testing, and code reviews * Lead or strongly influence technical decisions in a high risk, high uncertainty environment * Ensure solutions meet compliance, governance, security, and quality standards * Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, observability, and production readiness of AI enabled applications* 6-10 years of professional software development experience * Strong, hands on experience with Java/J2EE * Expertise in Spring/Spring Boot, RESTful API design, and backend service development * Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns (OO, Functional, REST based systems) * Experience building scalable, secure, production grade enterprise systems * Experience participating as a hands on contributor, producing clean, well tested code * Working knowledge of machine learning, Generative AI, and Large Language Models (LLMs) * Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML and LLM services with Java based applications * Experience with prompt engineering, model evaluation, and AI solution productization * Familiarity with Python for ML/AI workloads and model integration * Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure * Passion for CI/CD, automation, and production monitoring * Understanding of model governance, compliance, and quality standards Practical experience with Agentic AI patterns, such as: * Autonomous and semi autonomous agents * Tool invocation and function calling * Multi-step reasoning and planning * Memory and context management