Specialist, Java Engineer

Pay range: USD $105,000.00 - $112,000.00 / Year

Your opportunity

We are seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and operate high-throughput, low-latency, mission-critical platforms. This role focuses on Java-based API development, cloud-native deployments (GCP or equivalent), modern access management protocols, and AI-assisted software development.

You will own services with strict reliability, performance, and availability SLAs, operating at scale in a security-sensitive environment.

What you have

Key Responsibilities

Core Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java services supporting REST-based APIs.
• Build cloud-native, horizontally scalable services deployed on GCP and/or other public cloud platforms.
• Develop and secure APIs using OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and SAML-based authentication and authorization flows.
• Implement API-first designs with strong contract discipline, backward compatibility, and understandability.

• Build and operate highly resilient systems with:

• API latency SLA < 50ms
• Throughput > 5,000 TPS
• Availability ≥ 99.9%
• Error budget < 0.1%

• Use CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment.
• Own build → deploy → run lifecycle, including monitoring, alerting, and capacity planning.
• Work with containerized workloads and modern deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags).

• Actively use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot in agentic mode) to:
• Accelerate feature development
• Improve code quality and test coverage
• Assist with refactoring, documentation, and troubleshooting
• Champion responsible and effective AI usage as part of daily engineering workflows.

• Partner with platform, security, SRE, and product teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute to architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical decision-making.

• 4+ years Strong Java expertise with experience building production-grade services.
• 2+ years Hands-on API development experience, including RESTful services and API security.
• Cloud deployment experience on GCP and/or equivalent cloud platforms.
• 2+ Solid experience with Access Management protocols:
• OAuth 2.0
• OpenID Connect (OIDC)
• SAML
• Proven experience building and operating high-criticality systems with strict SLAs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and performance optimization and resiliency.
• Experience with observability (metrics, logs, traces) and production troubleshooting.

• 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
• Paid parental leave and family building benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance