Staff Java Backend Engineer

Important Information:

Years of Experience: 10+ years in software development (Java)
Job Mode: Full-time
Work Mode: Remote
Job Name: Staff Java Backend Engineer

Job Summary:
We are seeking an exceptionally strong Staff Java Backend Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and technical direction of complex, large-scale backend systems. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Java, distributed systems, cloud-native strategies, and systemic performance optimization. This role requires a high level of technical decision-making, hands-on engineering excellence, and the ability to influence multiple teams and stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Analyze and interpret complex product and business requirements to define system-wide architecture, high-level designs, and long-term technical roadmaps focused on scalability, reliability, security, and resilience.

• Evaluate trade-offs of various architectural and design approaches, producing clear and actionable documentation to guide engineering teams.

• Lead end-to-end implementation of critical system components — coding, testing, reviewing, optimizing — ensuring adherence to best-in-class engineering standards.

• Serve as a technical leader and mentor, supporting multiple engineering pods through architectural reviews, design sessions, and cross-team collaboration.

• Drive engineering excellence across the organization by influencing development practices, tooling adoption, and continuous improvement within agile environments.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Expert-level experience in object-oriented software development using Java SE 8+ (Java 11 preferred).

• Extensive background architecting and delivering distributed backend systems at scale.

• Advanced proficiency with Apache Maven for build and dependency management.

• Strong experience designing, implementing, and integrating RESTful or SOAP-based services.

Role-specific Requirements (Highly Desirable):

• Deep, hands-on expertise with Java frameworks, especially Dropwizard.io (Spring experience also acceptable).

• Strong command of automated testing strategies in Java, including architectural patterns for testability and use of mocking frameworks.

• Advanced experience with Cloud solutions (mandatory), including distributed architectures, infrastructure automation, and cloud optimization.

• Proficiency with IaaS and PaaS platforms (primarily AWS), including networking, security, event-driven workflows, and cloud monitoring.

• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, including schema design, performance tuning, and high-volume data processing.

• Comfortable working in Linux environments, with the ability to diagnose complex system-level issues.

• Hands-on knowledge of Docker, container orchestration tools, and cloud-native deployment strategies.

Technologies:

Java SE 8+ / 11
Dropwizard.io / Spring Framework
Apache Maven
REST / SOAP APIs
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
Docker, Linux, RabbitMQ, SQS
SQL / NoSQL databases

Skillset Competencies:

• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures.

• Experience designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and self-healing systems.

• Strong expertise with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure automation.

• Proven ability to influence technical strategy across agile teams (Scrum or Kanban).

• Exposure to VOIP and SIP technologies is a plus.

• Extensive experience with Message Brokers such as RabbitMQ or Amazon SQS is highly desirable.