Job Description – Senior Java Back End Developer (GCP)

Role Overview

We are looking for high-capacity, hands-on Senior Java Backend Developers who will work under the guidance of our engineering leadership to design, develop, and support enterprise-grade APIs and cloud-native applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role will focus on building scalable, resilient, and secure microservices leveraging modern Java technologies, event-driven architectures, and managed cloud services.

• These individuals may find themselves assisting in the following activities on a daily basis:
• Develop modern RESTful APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and implement cloud-native solutions leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, Cloud Monitoring, and Cloud Logging.
• Assist with solution architecture, system design, availability planning, disaster recovery, production deployment strategies, and performance engineering.
• Design and build data solutions leveraging both relational and NoSQL databases including MongoDB Atlas, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Design and implement event-driven architectures utilizing Apache Kafka / Confluent Cloud, including topic strategy, event modeling, stream processing, data enrichment, and message transformations.
• Build and support highly available cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and automated deployment pipelines.
• Partner with business and technology teams to implement secure, compliant, and scalable enterprise integration solutions.

We are looking for innovative, hands-on engineers who are excited about modern cloud technologies and committed to building highly scalable distributed systems using cloud-native design principles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineers, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to create enterprise API and event-driven integration solutions.
• Develop software in an Agile environment leveraging DevOps practices, automated testing, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient microservices deployed on Google Cloud Platform.
• Build and maintain event-driven systems utilizing Kafka and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Integrate applications with MongoDB Atlas and other enterprise data platforms.
• Develop automated testing strategies including unit, integration, contract, and performance testing.
• Implement observability practices including centralized logging, monitoring, tracing, and alerting.
• Maintain and evolve existing enterprise integration assets and cloud-hosted services.
• Partner with platform engineering and infrastructure teams to continuously improve deployment automation, cloud operations, security, and reliability.
• Serve as a technical mentor and provide guidance on application architecture, coding standards, and cloud-native best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Work Experience / Skills

Required

• 7+ years of software development experience building enterprise applications and APIs.
• 5+ years of Java development experience with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Maven, and Gradle.
• Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Experience with GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), Kubernetes, Docker containers, and microservices architectures.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations.
• Experience with Apache Kafka or managed Kafka platforms such as Confluent Cloud.
• Experience with MongoDB Atlas and NoSQL database design principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, resiliency patterns, scalability, and performance optimization.
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, architecture, and business teams.

Preferred

Experience with Google Cloud services including:

1. Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
2. Cloud Run
3. Pub/Sub
4. Cloud Storage
5. Secret Manager
6. Cloud Monitoring & Logging
7. Cloud Build
8. Cloud SQL

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer or Professional Cloud Architect certification.
• Experience implementing Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).
• Experience with API gateways and service mesh technologies.
• Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Splunk, or Datadog.
• Experience developing financial services or high-volume transaction processing systems.
• Experience with security best practices including OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, and Zero Trust architectures.

Tech Stack Summary

Languages & Frameworks

• Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud

Cloud Platform

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Container Platform

• Docker, Kubernetes, GKE

Messaging & Streaming

• Apache Kafka, Confluent Cloud, Pub/Sub

Databases

• MongoDB Atlas, SQL Databases

DevOps

• GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, CI/CD

Observability

• Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
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