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# Sr. Backend Developer (Kotlin, Spring Boot, AWS, Terraform) - 10+ Yrs - Jersey City, NJ

- **Company:** Systems, Inc
- **Location:** Jersey City, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Spring Cloud, Spring-boot, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Backend, AWS ECS, Kotlin, Containerization, Deployment Automation, Reactive Programming, Restful APIs, Terraform, Microservices
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ff908d45-36b3-4735-902c-4d22d19f424f

## About the Role

* Comfortable in using Kotlin with Spring boot
 * Extensive hands-on experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and WebFlux.
 * Deep understanding of reactive programming concepts and microservices architecture.
 * Strong experience with AWS Cloud Services.
 * Expert-level experience in Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
 * Hands-on experience configuring and managing AWS ECS (Elastic Container Service).
 * Experience developing RESTful APIs and backend platform services.
 * Strong understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native application design.
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
 * Familiarity with containerization technologies and cloud deployment strategies.

Experience:

 * 10+ years of overall software development experience.
 * 4+ years of hands-on experience with Kotlin and modern Spring ecosystem.
 * Proven experience independently delivering backend and platform engineering solutions in AWS environments.

## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in building and supporting cloud-native backend platforms. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on engineer who can independently design, develop, deploy, and manage backend services using Kotlin, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, WebFlux, AWS, and Terraform. This role requires someone who is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and can quickly contribute with minimal supervision., * Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend platform services and APIs.

 * Build cloud-native microservices using Kotlin, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and WebFlux.
 * Deploy, configure, and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform.
 * Provision AWS resources manually through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices and troubleshoot infrastructure-related issues.
 * Configure, deploy, and manage containerized applications on AWS ECS.
 * Collaborate with architecture and platform teams to ensure highly available and resilient systems.
 * Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
 * Implement best practices around observability, monitoring, logging, and operational excellence.
 * Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and production support activities.