Java Developer l at AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Lakewood, CO
$78,000–$124,800from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Lakewood, CO
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level Java development role focused on building and maintaining Java applications and TIBCO data integration solutions in a high-volume, low-latency environment. Day-to-day work spans the full software development lifecycle — design, coding, testing, and deployment — alongside REST API and web service work. Suited to early-career developers with up to two years of Java experience; U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a federal Public Trust clearance are required.
Junior level · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 titled 'Java Developer I', which maps to a Junior/entry-level band; the 0–2 years experience requirement confirms this.
TIBCO is listed in the qualifications section with 'familiarity or strong willingness to learn', which is softer gating language — however, it also appears in the Responsibilities as a hard deliverable ('develop and maintain TIBCO integrations'), so it is treated as a required skill.
Build tools (Ant, Maven, Gradle) appear in the Responsibilities section as a group of interchangeable options; emitted as a single preferred skill with alternatives, since they are not explicitly called out as a hard gate in the Qualifications block.
Cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) are explicitly framed as 'familiarity with… willingness to learn if no prior experience', so they are marked preferred.
The posting requires US Citizenship (per 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(2)(C)) and the ability to obtain a federal Public Trust — this is a background investigation requirement, not a formal security clearance, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in computer science or related' with no equivalent-experience substitution offered, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
The salary range ($78,000–$124,800/yr) is notably wide for a 0–2 year role, likely reflecting geographic or contract-type variation across placements.
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