Sr. Java Engineer

Urgent Role: Sr. Java Engineer - Pgh./onsite 5 days - CTH (13+ ) Need USC only.
Location: PA Only (Two PNC Plaza ONLY)
Visa: USC Only
MOI: Skype
Client: PNC
Need 13+ years of exp
Reason for open position: Increase business demand. 
Potential for Contract Extension: Possibly - hoping to convert the worker after the 120 day time period. This position is contract with the right to hire if a need becomes available. Managers will only look at candidates that are open to converting to a full time PNC employee. PNC will not sponsor work visas if the decision is made to hire the contingent worker. 
Function of the Group: Regulatory Reporting 
Team Dynamic: Agile crew of about 7-8 people working in 2 week sprints. 

Roles and Responsibilities: 
* Core Java & Backend Development 
* API Development 
* Frameworks & Libraries 
* Database & SQL 

Industry background: Banking or financial background is a plus. 

Must Have Technical Skills: 
* 5+ years of hands on Java development experience 
* Strong proficiency in Java (Java 8+) 
* Solid understanding of: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Design patterns (Factory, Singleton, DAO, etc.), & Exception handling, multithreading, and collections 
* Experience building scalable, maintainable backend services 
* Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs 
* Hands on with Spring Boot / Spring MVC 
* API design best practices: HTTP methods, status codes, Request/response validation, Versioning strategies 
* Experience with JSON, request serialization/deserialization 
* Familiarity with API documentation tools (Swagger / OpenAPI) 
* API testing using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, or similar 
* Spring Framework (Core, Boot, MVC) 
* Data Power 
* ORM frameworks such as: Hibernate / JPA 
* Experience with Microservices architecture is strongly preferred 
* Strong hands on experience with SQL 
* Experience with relational databases such as: Oracle or Teradata DevOps 
* Experience with Maven / Gradle 
* Version control using Git/bitbucket 
* CI/CD exposure (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, udeploy etc.) 
* Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix environments 

Flex Skills/Nice to Have: 
* Experience deploying applications on: Application servers (Tomcat, WebLogic, etc.) & Containers (Docker – preferred) 
* Ability to write and optimize: Complex joins, Subqueries, Stored procedures (nice to have) 
* Dependency Injection and Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) 

Education/Certifications: bachelors required 

Soft Skills: 
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
* Self-starter, independent worker able to see through to completion 

Interview Process: 2-3 rounds. 
1 - initial screening with hiring manager. 
2 - technical interview with team leads. 3 - only if necessary.