Senior Software Engineer (Java / Angular / AWS / Applied AI)

About the role

This is a hybrid role (2-3 days in the office) located in Durham, NC.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java in a distributed, cloud-native environment
• Build and enhance front-end features using Angular
• Develop and optimize data models and queries using SQL and NoSQL data stores
• Work extensively with AWS services to build scalable, reliable, and secure systems
• Help evolve and scale our architecture to support a growing client base and increasing message volumes
• Build event-driven and asynchronous workflows for high-volume message ingestion and processing
• Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and technical design decisions
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to system reliability and performance improvements

Required Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in enterprise software development
• Strong experience with Java (Spring or similar frameworks preferred)
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational database design
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including several of the following:
• ECS / Fargate
• Lambda
• SNS (or other event/messaging services)
• DynamoDB
• OpenSearch (or Elasticsearch)
• Experience designing or working with distributed systems and high-throughput applications
• Understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization
• Comfortable working in a CI/CD-driven environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on high-volume ingestion pipelines or messaging systems
• Familiarity with books and records, supervision, or other compliance-driven systems
• Experience with containerized workloads and microservices architectures
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools
• Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments