Job Description
Job Title : Backend Engineer (Java)
Onsite in San Jose, CA
MUST-HAVE
- Experience building scalable RESTful APIs
- Hands-on experience with : Java, Spring Boot & Microservices
- Experience working on : Observability, Monitoring & Instrumentation and alerting
- Experience improving : Performance, Resiliency & Uptime of SLA-critical APIs
- Knowledge of cloud-native and distributed systems
- Experience with databases : DynamoDB OR Other SQL / NoSQL databases, Including schema design and query optimization
- Experience with observability / monitoring tools : Grafana, Prometheus & Splunk
- Strong fundamentals in : Computer science, Data structures, Algorithms, Large-scale system design
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Exp building and operating production-grade web applications
- Good problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills, Good communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to collaborate with engineers across Payments and Commerce teams
- Ability to contribute to shared frameworks, libraries, and engineering standards
Good to have -
Experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS for creating responsive, modern UIs.Requirements
Roles and Responsibilities
We are looking for a Backend Engineer who can work in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment to help us build building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems.
The ideal candidate has good technical depth in backend technologies.
Responsibilities
Work to continue to build on our scalable RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.Work on initiatives for observability, monitoring, and reliability through eHective instrumentation and alerting practices.Work on initiatives for performance and resiliency of SLA-critical APIs, ensuring optimal response times and uptime.Collaborate with engineers in the Payments and larger Commerce team as needed.Contribute to shared frameworks, libraries, and engineering standards that enhance code quality and reusability.What You Need to Succeed
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, with few years of experience building and operating full-stack, production-grade web applications.Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and large-scale system design.Good expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful web services, and microservices architecture.Knowledge in cloud-native and distributed systems - DynamoDB or other SQL / NoSQL databases — including schema design and query optimization.Experience in observability and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk).Good problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.Good communication and collaboration abilitiesBonus Points, but not essential for this role as our team is full stack
Experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS for creating responsive, modern UIs.
Requirements
Roles and Responsibilities We are looking for a Backend Engineer who can work in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment to help us build building scalable, secure, and high-performance systems. The ideal candidate has good technical depth in backend technologies. Responsibilities
Work to continue to build on our scalable RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.Work on initiatives for observability, monitoring, and reliability through eHective instrumentation and alerting practices.Work on initiatives for performance and resiliency of SLA-critical APIs, ensuring optimal response times and uptime.Collaborate with engineers in the Payments and larger Commerce team as needed.Contribute to shared frameworks, libraries, and engineering standards that enhance code quality and reusability. What You Need to SucceedBachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, with few years of experience building and operating full-stack, production-grade web applications.Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and large-scale system design.Good expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful web services, and microservices architecture.Knowledge in cloud-native and distributed systems - DynamoDB or other SQL / NoSQL databases — including schema design and query optimization.Experience in observability and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk).Good problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.Good communication and collaboration abilities Bonus Points, but not essential for this role as our team is full stack Experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS for creating responsive, modern UIs.