Our client is a 3rd Generation Management Consulting Firm. They are now looking to add to their team and are looking to hire a " Senior Java Backend Engineer (AWS Microservices). This role will be based out of New York, NY, and is 100% Remote.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer to join a platform engineering team building a next-generation self-service platform for application developers. The platform is already in production beta with multiple microservices and requires feature enhancements, scalability improvements, security hardening, and performance optimization.

This role is ideal for someone with strong experience designing and developing cloud-native microservices using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation.

Required Skills

7+ years of Java backend development
Strong experience with Java 11/17+
Expertise in Spring Boot and Microservices Architecture
Experience designing and developing REST APIs
Hands-on experience with AWS services (especially ECS)
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
CI/CD pipeline development using Jenkins
Git version control (Fork, Pull Request, Code Review workflow)
Experience with Aurora PostgreSQL
Strong understanding of secure coding practices and OWASP Top 10
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, and structured logging

Preferred Qualifications

Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies
Prometheus
Grafana
Geneos
Distributed tracing (Jaeger or Zipkin)
Kafka
IBM MQ
CockroachDB

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable Java microservices using Spring Boot
Develop secure, high-performance REST APIs
Deploy applications on AWS ECS and Kubernetes
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CloudFormation
Collaborate with platform engineers to improve reliability, scalability, and automation
Integrate monitoring, logging, and application performance tools
Troubleshoot production issues and optimize application performance
Follow secure coding standards and best engineering practices

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