Java Backend Developer

Role Overview

• Participate in the design of software tools, subsystems, and reusable components, contributing to domain analysis and design discussions led by senior engineers
• Assist Applications Engineers and senior Application Programmers in interpreting software requirements and design specifications into working, tested code
• Integrate and test software components, ensuring that units, modules, and services work together correctly across the microservices architecture
• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java backend microservices and REST APIs, following established coding standards, architectural patterns, and the program's Definition of Done
• Work with PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, writing and optimizing SQL queries, and implementing data access layers
• Integrate backend services with Elasticsearch / OpenSearch for search indexing and with AWS S3 for file storage, AWS SNS and SQS for event-based messaging, and AWS RDS for relational persistence
• Build and maintain containerized Java services that run on AWS Elastic Container Service, ensuring services are observable, resilient, and ready for deployment to isolated VPC networking environments
• Contribute to Python backend services where the team's work requires it, applying the same standards of testability, readability, and maintainability
• Author and maintain unit tests and integration tests for backend code, supporting the program's test automation strategy and code coverage expectations
• Support and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for backend services, including build, test, scan, and deployment stages
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code in Terraform under the guidance of senior engineers, and support peer review of infrastructure changes
• Participate actively in peer code review, both submitting code for review and reviewing teammates' code against agreed standards
• Participate fully in SAFe Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement) providing accurate estimates and status updates on assigned work
• Break down assigned user stories into appropriately sized technical tasks and track work transparently in the program's Agile tooling
• Support Tier-2 and Tier-3 production issue resolution for backend components developed by the team, participating in troubleshooting activities and implementing prioritized fixes
• Remediate backend code and dependency security vulnerabilities identified through routine security scanning within required timeframes: 30 calendar days for High-Priority vulnerabilities and 180 calendar days for Medium-Priority vulnerabilities
• Document code, APIs, and data models clearly, and maintain technical documentation in the program's collaboration tools

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (or 3 years of additional experience)
• Minimum 3 years of professional backend web development experience
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience developing production backend services in Java
• Working experience with Python for backend development or scripting, sufficient to contribute to Python services when team priorities require it
• Hands-on experience designing, querying, and optimizing PostgreSQL (or similar) databases, including schema design and SQL tuning
• Working experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch for search indexing
• Hands-on experience building and running containerized microservices, including writing/maintaining Dockerfiles
• Working experience with AWS services relevant to cloud-native microservices (e.g., Elastic Container Service, RDS, S3, SNS, SQS)
• Working experience with GitLab (or equivalent) source control and CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code tooling
• Proficiency writing unit and integration tests for backend code
• Experience participating in peer code review, both as author and reviewer
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including active participation in sprint ceremonies and backlog refinement
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across a scrum team, ask clarifying questions of senior engineers, and provide clear status on assigned work.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Cloud
• ElasticSearch
• Java
• Microservices
• Postgres
• Python
• SQL
• Terraform

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development