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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer- Backend Java- Big Data - **Company:** Integral Ad Science - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $126,000.0 - $216,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, User Authentication, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Dimensional Modeling, Java Persistence API, Spring Framework, PostgreSQL, Log Analysis, MySQL, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Test Case, ReactJS, Grafana, Apache Spark, Spring-boot, Database Performance, Backend, Git, Amazon Relational Database Service, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Api Design, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Grpc, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** May 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=54893090b0560239 ## About the Role * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM field. * 12+ years of experience in backend development. * Proficiency in Java, Spring, Spring Boot and JPA. * 2+ years of experience working with big-data stack, including Spark and Kafka * Extensive experience with relational DB, e.g., MySQL or PostgreSQL. * Advanced understanding of SQL, data model design, dimensional modeling, database performance troubleshooting and improvement. * Have a sense of security, both authentication and authorization when designing and building API * Good understanding of RESTful API and gRPC design and implementation. * Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS). * Experienced in building and deploying scalable backend systems on AWS; using services like EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, and EKS. * Familiar with monitoring and log analysis using Grafana for observability and performance tuning. * Good knowledge of git, Jenkins and CI/CD * Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. * Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively * in a team environment. ## Description As a Staff Software Engineer, you will make a solid contribution in software design, development, writing test cases, QA, documentation, fixing software defects. You will be working with cutting edge cloud technologies, building robust, scalable, high performance software solutions which help our customers to launch campaigns, activate tags, ads verification and optimizations. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, JPA, relational database, big data warehouse, AWS services, enjoys working in a collaborative and agile environment, and brings innovative solutions to complex problems with a desire to improve the status quo. 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