Java Backend Developer

Title : Java Backend Developer

Duration : 12+ Months contract

Location : Plano, Texas - Onsite

Job Description : Responsibilities :

• Write clean, reusable, and high-quality production code, even in unfamiliar codebases, frameworks, or languages, to address Client or complex problems.
• Develop, test, and maintain backend services using Node.js and Java.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Produce software requirements specifications and determine their operational feasibility at scale to meet and exceed business requirements.
• Continuously integrate and deliver software components into a fully functional software system while improving the continuous integration process.
• Work with AWS services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Flink, RDS, API Gateway, and SQS.
• Work with IaaS tools such as Terraform.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and security.
• Collaborate with Platform engineers and product teams.
• Implement CI / CD pipelines on GitLab.
• Facilitate end-to-end unit and integration testing to ensure code quality
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, debugging, and upgrading of existing systems
• Lead and facilitate team system design, engineering, and architecture in discussion and documentation
• Define engineering velocity and feature tradeoffs
• Lead technical innovation efforts to solve technical / business challenges
• Manage feature vs technical debt prioritization for optimization and engineering efficiencies
• Lead reviews of complex code, ensuring adherence to software development best practices and providing guidance during the merge review process
• Translate research into impactful and high-performing products
• Develop and maintain documentation, best practices, and ethical guidelines for projects
• Provide thoughtful and high-quality feedback on merge requests
• Conduct code and architecture reviews, and ensure high standards for code quality, testing, and documentation
• Identify and address complex technical issues in both development and production environments
• Coach more junior Software Engineers through targeted feedback and guidance to improve technical skills, overcome challenges, and achieve specific goals
• Make recommendations to team on resources to stay up to date with industry trends / developments
• Lead projects, including defining project objectives, developing project schedules, preparing cost estimates, allocating resources, and ensuring timely delivery under direction of Manager / Product Owner

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