Java software developer Jobs in Lakewood, CO

Description

• Ownership of your work with a team that gives you context and trusts you to execute
• Close partnership with the engineering team to build features end-to-end, from design through delivery
• Direct access to senior engineers and product leadership, with fast feedback loops and clear technical guidance
• The opportunity to write and ship production code with confidence, while leaning on senior engineers for architectural direction when needed
• Fewer layers between idea and implementation, so your contributions have a clear path to production
• A collaborative environment where ideas are debated openly, questions are encouraged, and decisions do not get stuck
• Active participation in technical discussions, with space to learn, contribute, and strengthen your judgment
• Clear expectations around reliability: meet commitments, flag blockers early, and stay focused on what matters most for the product
• Room to expand your technical scope and independence as you build experience and demonstrate impact

Your Background

• Hands-on experience designing and shipping features in production web applications
• Familiarity with the technologies listed above, you’ve worked with most of them and can ramp up on the rest
• A trajectory of growing ownership and responsibility over time
• An eye for design, attention to detail, and the ability to translate mockups into polished, performant UI components

What We Look For

• Comfortable working in a mid-stage startup where priorities can evolve and documentation is not always perfect
• Able to self-direct within a sprint and make progress without waiting for every detail to be defined
• Adaptable when requirements shift, with a practical approach to changing information
• Motivated by the opportunity to have visible, meaningful impact on the company’s trajectory
• Able to clearly explain what you are building and why, even when requirements are still taking shape
  Flags ambiguity early and surfaces tradeoffs rather than guessing silently
• Gives and receives feedback as a normal part of the work
• Understands that their code is part of a larger system serving real users
• Exercises sound judgment about when to move quickly, when to ask questions, and when to escalate risks or blockers

• Comfortable working across the web stack, from database queries to UI components
• Able to produce clean, testable, maintainable code without constant oversight
• Brings hands-on experience that shows you have built and shipped real products

• Shipping features in a production web application using React, Angular, VueJS, or a comparable front-end framework
• Building and maintaining RESTful APIs in a modern typed, object-oriented backend language
• Working with SQL and relational databases, including query structure, data modeling, and basic performance considerations
• Writing meaningful tests across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers
• Contributing to automated testing workflows
• Deploying and supporting applications in AWS

• JavaScript or TypeScript
• HTML5 and CSS3
• REST APIs, WebSockets, and DOM manipulation
• A modern front-end framework such as React, Angular, or VueJS
• Backend development in a typed, object-oriented language
• Authentication and authorization patterns, including OAuth and JWT or bearer tokens
• ORM experience such as Entity Framework or an equivalent tool
• Git and collaborative version control workflows

• Experience with large-scale time-series data, real-time processing, or IoT device integrations
• Experience with mapping, geospatial data, or visualization tools such as GeoJSON, Mapbox, CesiumJS, Leaflet, or GDAL
• Python experience for web application backends or data science applications
• AWS infrastructure configuration, including EC2, authentication, and build pipelines

Benefits

• Salary range: $115,000 - $140,000 annual base
• Hybrid work environment (3 days/week in Denver office)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance with low deductibles and premiums paid by company 99% for self and 50% for dependents and/or spouse
• 401K with company match (no vesting period)
• Opportunity for equity ownership
• Student loan assistance
• Generous culture around time off, including:
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 6 days of sick time per year
  • 11 paid company holidays per year
  • up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave (gender neutral) including adoptions
• Dog friendly office environment