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# Java/Golang Engineer

- **Company:** Grid Dynamics (nasdaq: Gdyn)
- **Location:** Kirkland, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Database Schema, Enterprise Messaging Systems, MySQL, Software Tools, Software Engineering, Google Cloud, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Production Code
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f372ed9d-794a-4f3b-94ad-32d9561b7ea9

## About the Role

* 5 years professional experience in a full-time software engineering role working on services that run in a large-scale cloud environment (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, or Google's private cloud system).
 * Professional experience in a full-time software engineering role that includes writing or modifying any kind of database schema (e.g. MySQL or Google Spanner)
 * At least 3 years professional experience using the Java programming language as well as Go
 * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a closely related major.

Would be a plus

 * Knowledge specific software development tools and frameworks (e.g. Piper, TAP, Boq)
 * Hands on experience with synthetic calls, RPC calls, server to server comms, reliability/scalability
 * Ability to create clear and engaging developer documentation (tutorials, samples, or videos).
 * Synthetic calls, RPC calls, server to server comms, reliability/scalability
 * Experience with Gemini function calling, Vertex AI Studio, and prompt engineering.
 * Familiarity with rich messaging APIs (RBM, WhatsApp Business, Apple Business Messages, etc.).

## Description

This project focuses on designing and implementing backend software improvements for Rich Communication Services (RCS) and messaging platforms. Engineers will review product requirements to independently create software designs, database schema updates, and execution plans while writing production-grade code in Java and Go for large-scale cloud environments.

Essential functions

 * Design and implement feature improvements to back-end software systems that are used by Rich Communications Services (RCS) and Google Messages.
 * Review Product Requirements Documents (PRD) defining desired system changes, and independently produce software designs, database schema changes, and implementation schedules meeting the requirements in the PRDs.
 * Write software changes and tests in Java and Go meeting professional and Google standards that implement the specified changes.
 * Write software changes and tests in Go meeting professional and Google standards that implement the specified changes.


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