Java Backend Developer

About the role

A fast-scaling tech-driven firm in the Enterprise Software & SaaS sector, we build high-availability, scalable backend systems powering mission-critical financial, logistics, and customer-facing platforms for Fortune 500 clients. Our Java engineers design and deploy resilient microservices, optimize database performance, and ensure seamless API integrations across hybrid cloud environments—using modern Spring ecosystems and DevOps toolchains to ship value daily.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based backend services using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and RESTful/GraphQL APIs.
• Optimize database queries and schema design for PostgreSQL/Oracle, ensuring low-latency and high-throughput transactional processing.
• Implement secure, auditable authentication/authorization flows using OAuth2, JWT, and Spring Security.
• Collaborate with frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to ship CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and containerized deployments via Docker/K8s.
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents, ensuring 99.9%+ service uptime through proactive monitoring and logging (Prometheus, ELK).
• Contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices for maintainability and scalability.

Skills & Qualifications

Must‑have:

• Java 11 or higher
• Relational databases: Oracle or SQL Server
• NoSQL: Cassandra or MongoDB
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
• CI/CD tools: at least one of Jenkins, Chef, Puppet

Preferred:

• Apache Kafka
• GraphQL
• AWS EC2/ECS

Benefits

• On‑site collaborative workspace in a tech‑forward U.S. metro with free lunch, wellness stipends, and Friday learning hours.
• Access to certification sponsorships (AWS, Spring, Kubernetes) and internal hackathons with real product impact.
• Direct impact on enterprise‑grade systems serving millions of users—your code ships to production daily.