Senior Backend Engineer - Microservices
About The Position
In this senior engineering role, the Senior Backend Engineer will design, build, and support scalable microservices powering critical enterprise systems. The role collaborates with product, architecture, and cloud engineering teams to ensure high-quality delivery within a modern, cloud-native platform, while shaping best practices and mentoring others. The role architects and develops microservices using Java and Spring Boot; engineers solutions on Google Cloud Platform, including Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, and BigQuery; creates efficient SQL queries and data pipelines for high-availability systems; and implements Jenkins CI/CD automation and Terraform infrastructure as code. It also develops JUnit unit tests, advances code quality, leads peer reviews, supports production incident resolution and root-cause analysis, and contributes to agile execution and accurate work tracking. A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field is requested. Candidates without a relevant four-year degree require an additional four years of relevant work experience. The role requires a Public Trust investigation, onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility, and meeting the stated U.S. residency requirements. It is remote, with 40 scheduled weekly hours and less than 10% travel required.
Requirements
- 13+ years of experience delivering microservices architecture.
- Expert-level proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
- Hands-on experience with GCP, including Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, and BigQuery.
- Strong SQL and database performance tuning skills.
- Experience with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Terraform infrastructure as code.
- Ability to produce comprehensive JUnit test coverage and ensure code quality.
- Experience conducting peer code reviews and providing actionable feedback.
- Experience with agile project tools such as VersionOne or similar.
- Production support experience, including incident management and troubleshooting.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field; alternatively, candidates without a relevant four-year degree need four additional years of relevant work experience.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and complete onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility.
- Meet the stated U.S. residency requirements for the security investigation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with containerization and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of microservices design patterns and advanced distributed-systems concepts.
- Experience supporting high-traffic, large-scale platforms.
- Open-source contributions.
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
- Engineer solutions using Google Cloud Platform services, including Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, and BigQuery.
- Create efficient SQL queries and data pipelines for high-availability systems.
- Implement CI/CD automation using Jenkins and infrastructure as code with Terraform.
- Develop robust JUnit unit tests and drive continuous code quality improvements.
- Lead peer code reviews and support adoption of engineering standards.
- Provide production support, resolve incidents, and perform root-cause analysis.
- Support agile execution and ensure accurate work tracking.
- Shape engineering best practices and mentor others.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental and vision plan options.
- Flexible work weeks where possible.
- Paid time off, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated by hire date.
- An additional 10 paid holidays per year, prorated by hire date.
- Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
- Internal mobility support and an AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
