Backend Java Engineer (Remote)

Role Overview

Backend Java Engineer for a remote contract (6 months) on an Email Security Platform team. You will build and maintain services for ingesting, processing, scanning, and routing enterprise email for security analysis at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Implement features, enhancements, and defect fixes in distributed backend applications
• Build and maintain automated unit and integration tests
• Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
• Support database schema updates and data migrations
• Investigate and troubleshoot production issues related to application behavior and data processing
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to resolve pipeline issues
• Contribute to reliability, scalability, and performance of backend services

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience in Java
• Strong experience with Spring Framework / Spring Boot
• Experience with distributed or event-driven systems, including messaging/event streaming (e.g., Kafka)
• Experience building RESTful APIs and backend services
• Strong automated testing experience (unit + integration, e.g., JUnit)
• Relational databases and SQL, including schema changes/data migrations
• Experience with Amazon S3
• Hands-on experience with Agile development environments
• Ability to troubleshoot production systems and resolve complex technical issues

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure cloud-native development (including Azure Event Hub)
• Additional messaging/event tools: RabbitMQ, JMS
• Docker and Kubernetes (K8s)
• PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch
• Gradle build tools
• OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for observability
• Integration with Microsoft Graph API
• Experience with CI/CD and modern DevOps practices
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code / OpenCode)