Java Backend Developer

Title

Java Backend Developer

12+ Months contract

Plano, Texas - Onsite

• Write clean, reusable, and high-quality production code, even in unfamiliar codebases, frameworks, or languages, to address Client or complex problems.
• Develop, test, and maintain backend services using Node.js and Java.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Produce software requirements specifications and determine their operational feasibility at scale to meet and exceed business requirements.
• Continuously integrate and deliver software components into a fully functional software system while improving the continuous integration process.
• Work with AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, Dynamo
  
  DB, Flink, RDS, API Gateway, and SQS.
• Work with IaaS tools such as Terraform.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and security.
• Collaborate with Platform engineers and product teams.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines on Git Lab.
• Facilitate end-to-end unit and integration testing to ensure code quality
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, debugging, and upgrading of existing systems
• Lead and facilitate team system design, engineering, and architecture in discussion and documentation
• Define engineering velocity and feature tradeoffs
• Lead technical innovation efforts to solve technical/business challenges
• Manage feature vs technical debt prioritization for optimization and engineering efficiencies
• Lead reviews of complex code, ensuring adherence to software development best practices and providing guidance during the merge review process
• Translate research into impactful and high-performing products
• Develop and maintain documentation, best practices, and ethical guidelines for projects
• Provide thoughtful and high-quality feedback on merge requests
• Conduct code and architecture reviews, and ensure high standards for code quality, testing, and documentation
• Identify and address complex technical issues in both development and production environments
• Coach more junior Software Engineers through targeted feedback and guidance to improve technical skills, overcome challenges, and achieve specific goals
• Make recommendations to team on resources to stay up to date with industry trends/developments
• Lead projects, including defining project objectives, developing project schedules, preparing cost estimates, allocating resources, and ensuring timely delivery under direction of Manager/Product Owner

• 5+ years of software engineering experience writing clean, concise, tested, maintainable code
• Proficiency in Java for backend development
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, Dynamo
  
  DB, S3, etc.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems
• Experience with databases including SQL (Postgre
  
  SQL, etc.) and No
  
  SQL (Dynamo
  
  DB, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops best practices
• Understanding of concepts regarding security, privacy, performance, etc.
• Hands on experience applying current best practices and principles in software development
• Experience in observability practices such as logging and tracing
• Experience in leading projects through all phases of the software development lifecycle under direction
• Demonstrates advanced problem-solving, troubleshooting, decision making skills
• Ability to apply systems thinking to understand interdependencies and design solutions that achieve results
• Experience working in an Agile software engineering environment
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies, programming practices, patterns, and methods
• Experience mentoring, providing technical guidance, and training more junior team members
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks/assignments
• Ability to develop healthy working relationships and collaborate with peers and leaders
• Exhibits integrity and high standards in work quality
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience effectively communicating complex technical information to stakeholders at all levels in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner to ensure effective collaboration and alignment throughout the project lifecycle
• Values diversity and differences amongst individuals in interactions

• Proficiency in Node.js