Java Backend Engineer Jobs in North Carolina

INTRODUCTION

Labcorp is seeking a Lead Java Engineer for a team in Durham, NC.

Overview

Corporate IT is seeking a highly experienced Lead Java Engineer to design and deliver modern, scalable enterprise solutions within the healthcare domain. This role combines deep hands-on engineering expertise with strong technical leadership. You will lead the development of cloud-native, containerized, and event-driven Java applications while mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence across teams.

Work Schedule: This is a full‑time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in your local time zone. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.

Applicants who live within 35 miles of either the Burlington, NC or Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week at an assigned location, either Burlington or Durham, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on leadership on complex, multi-team initiatives
• Own end-to-end delivery for systems handling high-volume transactions
• Lead architecture and design decisions for distributed systems and event driven microservices
• Build prototypes and proofs of concept to validate new technologies
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10 or more years' of total software engineering experience
• 7 or more years' of hands-on Java development experience
• 3 or more years' experience in a Technical Lead role
• 3 or more years' experience developing RESTful web services using the Spring framework
• 3 or more years' experience using version control systems (e.g., Git)
• 3 or more years' experience with build tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle)
• 3 or more years' experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito)
• 3 or more years' experience with SQL development and database management
• 3 or more years' of demonstrated experience leveraging Azure or AWS services for solution design and implementation

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years' experience working in the healthcare domain, including knowledge of FHIR, HL7, and Azure Healthcare Services
• 2 or more years' of development experience building pipelines for public health/health care data (HL7, FHIR, vocabulary, and HHS data standards)
• 2 or more years' experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., Databricks) for large-scale enterprise solutions
• 2 or more years' experience of developing container-based and serverless applications
• 2 or more years' experience of working with messaging services such as SQS, Kafka, IBM MQ, or Kinesis
• 2 or more years' experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Additional Job Standards:

• Proven ability to learn new technologies and apply research to ongoing projects
• Excellent troubleshooting, follow-through, and problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, particularly within Agile teams

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please click here.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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