Associate Java Software Engineer
Vestmark, Inc. · Wakefield, MA
$80,000–$95,000
Jul 5, 2026
Wakefield, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level backend engineering role focused on building and maintaining Java-based services and APIs that support a wealth management platform. Day-to-day work spans the full delivery cycle — design, development, testing, and deployment — alongside senior engineers and architects. The role suits a recent graduate or early-career developer with solid computer science foundations who is comfortable learning quickly and incorporating AI-assisted development tools into their workflow.
Junior level · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $80,000–$95,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 410 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 300–530
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is explicitly framed as 'early-career' with 0–2 years of experience and a B.S. required (M.S. preferred). The JD accepts 'equivalent work experience' in lieu of a degree, but since a B.S. is the stated minimum formal requirement, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
Java and Spring Boot are listed under the required 'Technical Skills' section. The JD acknowledges candidates may not yet be proficient in Spring Boot but explicitly states they 'will be expected to ramp up on them' — both are treated as hard gates on the stack.
MySQL is listed as an example relational database alongside PostgreSQL and SQL Server; all three are captured as alternatives since the requirement is for relational database proficiency generally.
AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor cited as examples) appear in both the required skills section and the responsibilities section with firm language ('we expect you to be curious'), making this a hard gate on comfort/fluency rather than a nice-to-have.
AWS, LLM APIs/agentic frameworks, and financial services background appear under 'What Will Help You Stand Out' — a clearly secondary, aspirational section — and are marked as preferred.
The posting is hybrid (#LI-Hybrid) based in Wakefield, MA, which falls within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton CBSA.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-assisted development tools.
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