Senior Java Backend Developer

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Java Backend Developer

• Work model: Hybrid (3 days remote; 2 days onsite, Austin, TX)

• Interview format: MS Teams

Description

Design and build secure, scalable backend interfaces and enterprise RESTful web services. Develop and optimize Spring-based, high-volume data-processing pipelines, map data structures across applications and third-party systems, and troubleshoot performance issues such as API latency and processing bottlenecks. Collaborate with analysts and frontend teams to define interface requirements and schemas.

Responsibilities

• Design and build secure, scalable backend interfaces and integration points

• Develop, document, and maintain enterprise RESTful web services

• Build and optimize high-volume data-processing pipelines with Spring

• Map data structures to support seamless exchange across applications and third-party systems

• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests; resolve data-processing bottlenecks and API latency issues

• Collaborate with systems analysts, business analysts, database administrators, and frontend teams on interface requirements and schemas

• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• 8+ years designing and developing solutions in Java using core enterprise concepts

• 8+ years designing scalable, secure, maintainable end-to-end interface architectures for internal and external integrations

• 8+ years hands-on expertise across the Spring ecosystem

• 8+ years developing and consuming RESTful APIs secured with OAuth 2.0 and JWT

• 8+ years working with microservices architectures and parsing XML and JSON data

• 8+ years working with relational databases such as Oracle; optimizing SQL; using ORM tools such as Hibernate and JPA

• 8+ years collaborating across engineering, product management, and business analysis teams to define data requirements and support end-to-end integration

• 8+ years applying application design best practices to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability

• Preferred: 3+ years using Maven or Gradle and Git

• Preferred: 3+ years applying Agile development methodologies

Benefits

• Long-term contract role