Principal Java Backend Engineer & Team Lead

As a Senior Java Backend Engineer & Team Lead, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting projects involving the design and delivery of secure, distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant services, end-user applications, and APIs. Your expertise and leadership will be crucial in delivering cloud-hosted (AWS) SaaS systems. It is essential to be motivated, organized, technology-driven, and focused on code quality, scalability, latency, and platform stability. The company culture values teamwork, camaraderie, and collaboration, creating a positive and constructive environment. Responsibilities: - Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to refine requirements, propose technical solutions, and offer feasible estimates. - Translate requirements into efficient and high-quality implementations. - Take ownership of implemented solutions, supporting them from proof of concept to production deployment. - Emphasize not only development but also the operational aspects of running software in production by defining monitoring/alerting specifications and enhancing observability. - Provide mentorship to junior team members and establish expertise on every aspect of the product. - Engage in code reviews and other activities to ensure the quality of Engage products. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - 9+ years of experience in software development focusing on backend services and APIs. - Proven track record in delivering event-driven, highly available, scalable, and resilient enterprise-grade cloud services. - Proficiency in Java application development, including advanced knowledge of Java Core, Collections, Multithreading, Java Memory Model, and Garbage collection. - Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven system design, distributed systems, and eventual consistency principles. - Experience in developing REST services, load balancing strategies, and strong RDBMS skills. - Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud platform, preferably AWS, and familiarity with Kubernetes, Big Data technologies, and cloud-based CI/CD methodologies. - Experience with Kafka or other messaging queues. As a Senior Java Backend Engineer & Team Lead, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting projects involving the design and delivery of secure, distributed, scalable, and fault-tolerant services, end-user applications, and APIs. Your expertise and leadership will be crucial in delivering cloud-hosted (AWS) SaaS systems. It is essential to be motivated, organized, technology-driven, and focused on code quality, scalability, latency, and platform stability. The company culture values teamwork, camaraderie, and collaboration, creating a positive and constructive environment. Responsibilities: - Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to refine requirements, propose technical solutions, and offer feasible estimates. - Translate requirements into efficient and high-quality implementations. - Take ownership of implemented solutions, supporting them from proof of concept to production deployment. - Emphasize not only development but also the operational aspects of running software in production by defining monitoring/alerting specifications and enhancing observability. - Provide mentorship to junior team members and establish expertise on every aspect of the product. - Engage in code reviews and other activities to ensure the quality of Engage products. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience. - 9+ years of experience in software development focusing on backend services and APIs. - Proven track record in delivering event-driven, highly available, scalable, and resilient enterprise-grade cloud services. - Proficiency in Java application development, including advanced knowledge of Java Core, Collections, Multithreading, Java Memory Model, and Garbage collection. - Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven system design, distributed systems, and eventual consistency principles. - Experience in developing REST services, load balancing strategies, and strong RDBMS skills. - Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud platform, preferably AWS, and familiarity with Kubernetes, Big Data technologies, and cloud-based CI/CD methodologies. - Experience with Kafka or other messaging queues.