Java Backend Engineer-AZ/Remote

PHOTON, LLC
United States
25 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$40,000.0 - $140,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Code Review Github Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Load Testing Memory Leaks Trunk-based Development GitHub Copilot Spring-boot Kubernetes Helm Charts Git
+4 more
Git Flow Kubernetes Terraform Microservices

Requirements

  • 5+ years of Java + Spring Boot microservices experience

  • 3+ years deploying and operating services on Kubernetes (GKE or AWS)

  • Hands-on JVM profiling and heap analysis experience

  • Load testing experience

  • Experience diagnosing memory leaks and latency issues in production

  • Experience triaging OOMs and P99 spikes

  • Experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities (dependency/CVE scanning, patching)

  • Experience with GitHub pull requests, branch protection rules, and code review workflows

  • Strong understanding of Git branching strategies (GitFlow or Trunk-Based Development)

  • Experience resolving merge conflicts and maintaining release branches

Familiarity with GitHub Actions or other CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment Preferred (Nice to Have)

  • Experience with GitHub Copilot for developer productivity

  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code repositories (Terraform, Helm Charts)

  • Experience managing Kubernetes deployment manifests using GitOps (ArgoCD or FluxCD)

  • Experience reviewing performance-related code changes and production hotfixes through GitHub

Benefits & conditions

4.04.0 out of 5 stars Arizona Remote $40,000 - $140,000 a year, Pulled from the full job description

  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid holidays, Minimum Compensation: USD 40,000 Maximum Compensation: USD 140,000 Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role. Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees. This position is available for independent contractors No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post

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