Backend Engineer - Java

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer who takes full ownership of outcomes across the end-to-end lifecycle of backend services, from design through deployment and production reliability. This role requires designing and delivering scalable, resilient distributed systems that process millions of daily transactions, while making informed architectural trade-offs and leading technical design reviews. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Java and/or Scala, with a strong track record of building high-throughput, low-latency microservices and writing clean, maintainable, and purpose-driven code. You will be responsible for establishing comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end testing, to ensure quality and confidence in all deployments. The position demands hands-on expertise with AWS infrastructure, event-driven systems (Kafka), caching and data technologies (Redis, MongoDB), and observability tools such as Datadog and Splunk to ensure performance and reliability. Beyond technical execution, this role emphasizes a proactive, SRE-focused mindset as well as anticipating system failures, resolving production issues, driving continuous improvements, and influencing cross-team architecture.

8 years of experience in software engineering

Experience working with Java and/or Scala

Hands on experience in AWS services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, SQS, CloudWatch, IAM)

Experience working with Mongo DB, DynamoDB, Kafka and Redis Experience with circuit breaker patterns (Hystrix, Resilience4j)

Performance tuning at scale (JVM, GC, thread pools, connection pools)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (blue-green, canary)

This is a hybrid role requiring 4 days on site and 1 day remote located in Greenwood Village, CO. Thie contract is slated for 12 months with likely extensions beyond that and looking to pay 68-72/hr while on contract. Insight Global offers access to a 401k and benefits while on contract. If interested please apply today!