Principal/Lead Java Developer
Company: The Timberline Group
Location: Saint Louis
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Principal Java Developer/Team Lead to serve as the senior
developer on a team working to create the next generation back end
data analytics platform designed to deliver high quality data
analytics to our application development teams to be used in
transforming the delivery of care for our customers. In the Team
Lead role the candidate will develop all application architectures
and coding practices for a team of approximately 8 developers in
addition to working closely with the business stakeholders to
translate business requirements into working designs. The next
generation data platform is a platform being developed to intake
data and process in real time implementing complex business rules
designed by our industry leading medical expertise. This platform
is currently in V1 development and is build using cutting edge
tools and concepts. Job Description: Daily responsibilities Work
with product owner in an agile development (scrum) team to refine
product requirements, groom the backlog, and manage the tasks for
the development team. Design the functional architecture of a
stream and batch data processing platform using tools such as Java,
Spring, Spark, Kafka, Drools/jBPM, and ELK (Elasticsearch stack).
Develop coding standards for developers on the team adhering to
industry best practices. Develop processes for test driven
development using tools such as jUnit and Sonar Qube. Contribute as
an active developer on the Scrum team by writing, testing, and
deploying code to meet requirements of user stories in the active
sprint at 50 percent of time. Team is responsible for developing
deployment tools and models to deploy the application to AWS cloud
using automated tools such as Bamboo. Deliver emergency support to
production systems as a member of an on call rotation. Requirements
5 years experience in a Senior Role on an Agile development team
Proven experience developing Java applications using DI frameworks,
especially Spring Profound insight of Java and JEE internals
(Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc.)
Expert understanding of Object Oriented analysis and design using
common design patterns. Experience as a leader in applying industry
best practices in a Java application Experience in test driven
development Past experience in using Java in a data analytics
and/or data transformation application Expert on using and
configuring Java development tools, IDE, source control, automated
testing, automated deployment Experienced on Linux OS and tools
Experience with developing, deploying, and maintaining applications
in AWS Preferred Skills Experience on streaming data design using
Kafka and Kafka Streams Experience with Apache Spark and/or Hadoop
Experience with Red Had Developer suite (jBPM/Drools) Experience
with ELK stack (Elasticsearch and Logstach) Familiar with concepts
around data transformation and data warehousing Familiar with
entire stack of Atlassian tools Familiar with Medical industry data
exchange formats (HL7 standard formats, CDA, FHIR)
Keywords: The Timberline Group, Saint Charles , Principal/Lead Java Developer, IT / Software / Systems , Saint Louis, Missouri
