Senior Cloud Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Cloud / Server Engineer

• Location: Sunnyvale, CA

• Employment: W2 contract

• Experience: 8+ years

Description

Senior Cloud / Server Engineer with hands-on experience building and supporting scalable backend applications and cloud-based services. Work across Java and Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, and Kubernetes deployments on AWS and/or Google Cloud, with a focus on scalability, caching, performance, testing, secure coding, and production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and support backend applications using Java and Spring Boot

• Build and maintain microservices-based applications

• Develop and integrate REST APIs

• Work with cloud environments including Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS

• Deploy and support applications running on Kubernetes

• Use SQL and MongoDB for application data needs

• Design and develop services with scalability and performance in mind

• Implement and manage caching mechanisms

• Troubleshoot application, API, performance, and integration issues

• Write and maintain unit tests

• Perform and support API testing

• Follow secure coding practices

• Monitor and troubleshoot using Datadog and Grafana

• Use GitHub for source control and Jira for tracking

• Use AI-assisted SDLC tools (e.g., Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI) where appropriate

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Java

• Strong experience with Spring Boot

• Experience designing and developing microservices

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes

• Strong experience developing and integrating REST APIs

• Experience with SQL

• Experience with MongoDB

• Good understanding of application scalability and caching

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI (or equivalent)

• Experience with GitHub and Jira

• Strong understanding of unit testing

• Experience with API testing

• Understanding of secure coding practices

• Experience with Datadog and/or Grafana

• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills

Benefits

• Contract (W2) role with an 8+ years experience level focus

• Opportunity to work on scalable cloud services and production monitoring using modern tooling