Summary
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A backend software engineer is sought to develop server-side applications, APIs, and business logic services. The role includes solving complex technical challenges and building reliable software systems.
Highlights
Role focused on designing and delivering backend services, APIs, and scalable application solutions in a collaborative engineering environment.
Description
Role: Java Backend Developer/backend Software Engineer
Job Type: Fulltime
Location: Dearborn, MI/Jersey City, NJ (Onsite)
About role:
Employees in this job function develop and maintain the back-end/ server-side parts of an application, typically consisting of APIs, databases and other services containing business logic.
They work with various languages and tools to create and maintain services on-premn or in the cloud.
Key Responsibilities:
1.
Engage with customers to understand their use-cases and requirements
2.
Solve complex problems by designing, developing, and delivering using various tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies
3.
Align with architecture guidelines for unified and coherent approach to development
4.
Design, develop, and deliver new code using various tools, languages, frameworks, and technologies
5.
Develop and maintain back- end applications like APIs and microservices using server-side languages like Java, Python, etc.
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Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user interface elements and with cross functional teams like product owners, designers, architects etc.
7.
Manage application deployment to the cloud or on-prem, health and performance monitoring, security hardening and disaster recovery for deployed applications
8.
Manage data storage and retrievals in applications by utilizing database technologies such as Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
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Promote improvements in programming practices, such as test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
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Optimize back-end infrastructure and deployment practices to improve application resiliency and reliability
11.
Support security practices to safeguard user data including encryption and anonymization
Skills Required:
Java, Java Expectation: Write clean, thread-safe, and object-oriented backend code using Java 11/17.
Example: Building a high-performance, multithreaded parser using Java's Concurrent HashMap and Executor Service to process real-time telematics.
Skills Preferred:
Spring Boot, AWS, GCP
Spring Boot Expectation: Build scalable, production-ready RESTful microservices with secure database integrations.Example: Creating a secure vehicle reservation API that uses Spring Data JPA to talk to a database and runs across Dev/Prod environments.Cloud (AWS or GCP-Either is acceptable)Expectation: Deploy containerized applications and integrate messaging services using either AWS or GCP.
AWS OptionExample: Setting up an event-driven flow where booking events are published to Amazon MSK and processed by a microservice running on EKS to send user notifications.
GCP Option Example: Packaging a service in a Docker container, deploying it to Cloud Run, and streaming system logs to BigQuery via Cloud Pub/Sub.
