Senior Back-end Engineer - Java Remote

Responsibilities

• Work with onsite/customer team members and stakeholders to develop distributed systems
• Take full ownership of the SDLC, including conception, build, deployment, and ongoing production operational support
• Collaborate in a true Agile environment, taking responsibility for deployment, testing, quality, monitoring, and operational excellence
• Strive for continuous improvement in code quality and engineering practices
• Anticipate system/application challenges and propose effective solutions
• Contribute to story sizing, work estimates, and implementation processes
• Ensure a quality user experience by reviewing user stories for well-defined acceptance criteria and thorough test coverage
• Participate in design and code reviews to ensure quality and testability of feature code
• Implement build, deployment, and test automation to enable continuous delivery
• Adjust positively to quickly changing priorities and shifting goals

Requirements

• Proven experience building distributed systems
• Proficiency in Java and JUnit
• Experience with TDD and BDD testing frameworks such as Cucumber-JVM
• Strong knowledge of Spring and Spring Boot
• Experience with Document DB technologies such as MongoDB or DynamoDB
• Expertise in developing and integrating REST APIs
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven services
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Understanding of authentication mechanisms like JWT and OAuth
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms
• Fluent English communication skills at a B2+ level

Nice to have

• Additional experience with other cloud services
• Contributions to open-source projects related to Java or back-end systems