senior full stack developer (react/java).

job summary:
Fully onsite in McLean, VA

 
 
location: McLean, Virginia
job type: Contract
salary: $70 - 100 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
Frontend Development: Design and build responsive, performant UIs in React (with TypeScript

preferred) that allow users to configure, run, and visualize results across multiple security

types.

- Backend Development: Architect and develop scalable Spring Boot RESTful APIs and services

that integrate with multiple upstream data sources and analytics systems.

- System Integration: Connect backend services to existing internal platforms to retrieve market

data, run risk analytics, and surface results to end users.

- Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, maintainable code backed by comprehensive automated

tests using JUnit and React Testing Library / Jest, with strong unit and integration coverage.

- Technical Debt & Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify and resolve defects, reduce

technical debt, and champion software engineering best practices across the codebase.

- Collaboration & Delivery: Coordinate across the full stack - data, services, APIs, and

infrastructure - to deliver end-to-end.

- Design & Code Reviews: Actively contribute to architecture discussions, pull request reviews,

and technical documentation with a focus on thoughtful, scalable design.

 
qualifications:
Required Qualifications

- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with strong proficiency in Java and

the Spring Boot ecosystem (REST APIs, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, etc.).

- 3+ years of hands-on React development experience, including component architecture, state

management (e.g., Redux, Zustand, or React Query), and API integration.

- 2-3 years of experience with Git in a collaborative, team-based development workflow

(branching strategies, PRs, code reviews).

- 1-2 years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker,

Kubernetes, or Podman).

- Experience with TypeScript and modern React tooling (Vite, Next.js, etc.).

- Solid experience with JUnit and/or other automated testing frameworks; commitment to high

test coverage.

- Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business conversations.

- Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving ability.

Preferred Qualifications

- Graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative

discipline.

- Familiarity with relational databases and writing complex SQL queries.

- Experience with message brokers or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) in a

financial services context.

- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD pipeline tooling (Jenkins, GitHub

Actions, etc.).

- Experience using JIRA or similar tools for Agile planning, sprint tracking, and delivery

management.

- Prior experience in financial services, capital markets, or fintech environments.

- Proficiency with shell scripting for automation, deployment support, and operational

troubleshooting.

- Working knowledge of fixed income concepts: duration, convexity, spread, option-adjusted

spread (OAS), and related derivatives.


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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.