Software Engineer, Java, Spring Boot

Role Overview

• Design, develop, and maintain features across Eclipse Foundation platforms and services, including Open VSX, APIs, community platforms, and internal applications.
• Build and operate secure and reliable services using Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, React, and TypeScript.
• Contribute to backend architecture, API design, data models, and integration patterns.
• Apply security best practices throughout the development lifecycle, including authentication, authorisation, dependency management, secrets management, input validation, and secure configuration.
• Improve platform resilience through safeguards such as rate limiting, abuse prevention, monitoring, and operational controls.
• Support the maintenance and evolution of Open VSX and related services.
• Write automated tests and contribute to reliable CI/CD pipelines.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate with team members to maintain code quality.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to monitoring, logging, and observability.
• Write and maintain technical documentation for internal users, contributors, and open source communities.
• Work constructively with internal stakeholders, external contributors, and the broader open source community.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Solid experience with Java, ideally JDK 17 or later
• Strong experience building and maintaining backend applications with Spring Boot
• Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs and service integrations
• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MariaDB
• Experience working on open source projects or with open source communities
• Good understanding of secure software development practices
• Experience with dependency management, vulnerability mitigation, authentication, authorisation, and secure configuration
• Experience with automated testing, code reviews, and maintainable development practices
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
• Working knowledge of Docker
• Experience with GitHub or GitLab workflows
• Comfort working in a distributed, remote-first team
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with TypeScript and React, or another modern frontend framework (Nice to Have)
• Experience with Redis or similar caching technologies (Nice to Have)
• Experience with Elasticsearch or search platforms (Nice to Have)
• Experience with Quarkus (Nice to Have)
• Basic familiarity with Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms (Nice to Have)
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana (Nice to Have)
• Experience with rate limiting, abuse prevention, or platform security controls (Nice to Have)
• Interest in software supply-chain security (Nice to Have)
• Experience with extension marketplaces, developer tooling, or package registries (Nice to Have)
• Experience analysing suspicious software behaviour, malware risks, or detection systems (Nice to Have)
• Familiarity with YARA or similar detection-rule systems (Nice to Have)

Tech Stack

• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Grafana
• Java
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• MariaDB
• Open Source
• Postgres
• Prometheus
• React
• Redis
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• SpringBoot
• TypeScript

Benefits

• Corporate Recharge days
• right-to-disconnect policy
• highly competitive compensation
• comprehensive benefits package