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# Senior Application Engineer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Oakland, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), DevOps, Distributed Systems, Github, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, OpenID, Systems Development Life Cycle, JSON Web Token, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Software Engineering, Spring-boot, Software Security, Customer Identity Access Management, Containerization, Information Technology, Azure AKS, Restful APIs, Serverless Computing, Microservices
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/771AD48FCF9F4F4F98D9B804E8721282/job/

## About the Role

Senior Developer role is a hands-on technical leadership position focused on designing, developing, deploying, and supporting secure, scalable, cloud-native services and APIs. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with Java 17, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containerized environments, and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, along with a strong understanding of API security, scalability, performance, and operational best practices. Experience troubleshooting distributed systems, performing root cause analysis, and supporting high-volume, enterprise-grade applications is essential.

In addition to strong technical expertise, this role requires someone who can serve as a technical lead and mentor, independently drive work and resolve complex issues, and collaborate effectively with architects, developers, testers, product owners, and cross-functional teams. Experience with CIAM/IAM and modern authentication technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and JWT is preferred. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with distributed onshore and offshore teams, adapting to changing priorities, and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders., Spring Boot framework

 * Java 17
 * DevOps
 * Github,
 * Minimum five (5) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC).
 * Minimum two (2) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
 * Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.



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