Senior Software Development Java Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with other members of the development team and stakeholders to make high-level architectural decisions, proposes design patterns, and ensures scalability, performance, and maintainability of digital solutions.
• Develop and maintain backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and integrate APIs (both GraphQL and REST) for scalable service communication.
• Deploy and manage services on Google Cloud Platform (GKE).
• Work with Google Cloud Spanner (Postgres dialect) and pub/sub tools like Confluent Kafka (or similar).
• Automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Argo CD.
• Participate in agile or other development methodologies, attend meetings, contribute to project planning, and help drive the progress and success of projects.
• Support and troubleshoot production incidents with a sense of urgency by understanding customer impact.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in large scale software development.
• 5+ years of backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• 2+ years working with APIs (GraphQL and REST) in microservices architectures.
• 2+ years hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• 2+ years working with pub/sub tools like Kafka or similar.
• 2+ years' experience with databases (Postgres or similar).
• 2+ years' experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, or similar).

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts; experience deploying services on GKE is a plus.
• Strong understanding of microservice best practices and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (High School Diploma and 4 years relevant experience).

Benefits & Perks

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.