Design, build, and maintain scalable Java/Spring Boot backend services and RESTful microservices. Implement event-driven architectures with Kafka, manage PostgreSQL schemas and queries, ensure performance and security, troubleshoot production issues, collaborate across teams, participate in code reviews, and operate services on Kubernetes with CI/CD workflows.
Integration Engineer (Java API)
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and Angular.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure) and end-to-end DevOps pipelines.
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and design patterns.
- 3+ years building and maintaining RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend systems.
- Hands-on experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong skills with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Experience coordinating release cycles, preparing release notes, and ensuring release readiness.
- Experience supporting production deployments and performing post‑deployment validation.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and sprint planning.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.
- High level of ownership and ability to operate with minimal guidance.
- Background in roles combining development + release/operations.
- Experience with Application & Performance Monitoring tools.
- Knowledge of Pub/Sub, Kafka, or other event-driven messaging systems.
- Exposure to SRE/DevOps practices, including incident management and root-cause analysis.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in healthcare domains (PBM, NCPDP, HIPAA).
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