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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Manpower
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $208,000.0 - $218,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Amazon DynamoDB, Identity and Access Management, PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, System Availability, Spring-boot, Caching, Backend, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3375511167&tx=JR8377FFJ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* BS / MS in Computer Science or a similar degree and/or 7+ years of relevant experience
 * Experience successfully shipping large-scale backend services/platforms to production
 * Proficiency with Kotlin, SpringBoot, REST API design patterns, database technologies, caching mechanisms, and performance optimization techniques
 * Experience running production services using cloud infrastructure such as Kubernetes and Docker
 * Deep experience with AWS, including IAM, DynamoDB (DDB), and PostgreSQL, for multi-region deployments and high availability

## Description

* Migrate existing data infrastructure, specifically from PostgreSQL to DynamoDB (DDB)
 * Split single databases into multiple sharded databases for improved performance and scalability
 * Design, deploy (using Terraform), and implement highly available and resilient systems, including adopting best practices to avoid single points of failure
 * Contribute to long-term architecture, technology initiatives, and technical roadmap development
 * Work cross-functionally with diverse engineering teams, Product, and Program Management for successful delivery of solutions


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