Backend developer Jobs in Westminster, CO

Backend Java Engineer (AI-Driven SaaS Platform) Location: Remote (U.S. only) ??? Preference for Denver, Atlanta, NYC Metro, Austin or Silicon Valley Experience: 7+ Years Employment Type: Full-Time *Must live in the US* About the Role We???re partnering with a fast-growing, venture-backed SaaS company transforming regulatory compliance through an AI-powered platform. Their technology captures, monitors, and archives communications across modern channels???including messaging apps, social media, email, and voice???to help organizations meet strict regulatory requirements efficiently and securely. This is a high-impact opportunity to join a collaborative engineering team building scalable, secure backend systems in a modern cloud environment. What You???ll Do Design, build, and maintain cloud-native backend services using Java and modern frameworks Develop and enhance RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and data pipelines Contribute to system architecture and technical design decisions Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code with strong testing practices Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions Participate in code reviews, debugging, performance optimization, and system improvements Help improve observability, deployment processes, and system reliability Work on distributed systems handling high-volume, sensitive data What You Bring 7+ years of backend software engineering experience Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot Experience building scalable backend systems and microservices architectures Solid understanding of REST APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture Hands-on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar) Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka or similar) Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment