Onsite Principal Software Engineer

Post Date

Jun 25, 2026

Location

Windsor Mill,
Maryland

ZIP/Postal Code

21244
US
Aug 28, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Programmer / Developer

Req #

DC0-08905b2e-faf7-4f96-a023-1651e28b15c2

Pay Rate

$60 - $75 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

· Design and develop software applications using Twelve-Factor App methodology from functional requirements.
· Develop highly innovative UI design, Web components, achieved through collaboration and dialogue with other experts in the field. The candidate will continually assess advancements in technologies to gauge and recommend better solutions for the customer to improve the software developer experience and efficient delivery of software.
· Implementation of Graphical User Interface (GUI) using the presentation tier technologies such as AngularJS, ReactJS, Node JS, Type Script, JavaScript, JSP, HTML, CSS, XML, AJAX, and jQuery,.

The pay range for this position is $70/hr - $85/hr

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Required Skills & Experience

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.
· Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
· 10+ years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, Angular, React.
Extensive Design and Programming skills in Java and JEE technologies.
Experience with Automated unit test (i.e. JUnit, Mocking frameworks), Test Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-driven development (BDD) (Cucumber)

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Proficient in designing and implementing Kafka-based event-driven architectures, including the use of Kafka producers, consumers, topics, partitions, and consumer groups for scalable and fault-tolerant data streaming. Experienced in configuring Kafka brokers, managing message retention policies, and optimizing throughput with appropriate replication and partitioning strategies. Familiar with integrating Kafka Connect for data ingestion, utilizing Kafka Streams for real-time data processing, and monitoring Kafka clusters for performance and reliability.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.