Senior Full Stack Backend Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Backend Engineer for a contract position (6+ months) based in Irving, Texas. This role offers the opportunity to design, develop, and support enterprise-grade backend applications in a hands-on capacity, working with modern microservices architecture, cloud technologies, and DevOps practices., * Design, develop, and maintain production-grade microservices and backend services using Java and Spring Boot

• Build and optimize RESTful APIs and service integrations; implement GraphQL where appropriate
• Architect and implement microservices solutions using distributed systems principles and best practices
• Develop automation, scripting, and platform utilities using Python to enhance engineering productivity
• Implement and maintain application frameworks for logging, exception handling, auditing, policy enforcement, authentication, and authorization
• Design and configure CI/CD pipelines and release automation using enterprise DevOps tooling
• Deploy, configure, scale, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Design cloud-native architectures and implement scalability, availability, and security patterns on AWS and/or Azure
• Establish and maintain production observability and monitoring using industry-standard monitoring platforms
• Support production applications through incident resolution, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, and reliability improvements
• Evaluate and implement resiliency, high availability, and disaster recovery requirements for enterprise applications
• Write and maintain automated unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability
• Manage source control using Git-based workflows, including branching strategies, pull/merge requests, and release management
• Use application quality and security scanning tools to identify and remediate vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, infrastructure teams, security, and business stakeholders in an Agile/Scrum environment

Microservices, DevOps, Cloud Architecture, Java, REST (Representational State Transfer), Application Programming Interface (API), GraphQL, Distributed Computing, Best Practices, Python Programming/Scripting Language, * Minimum 10+ years of overall software engineering experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-grade applications with significant hands-on backend engineering responsibilities

• Minimum 7+ years of hands-on experience with Java, including at least 5+ years using Spring Boot to design and build production-grade microservices and backend services
• Minimum 5+ years of experience with microservices architecture, distributed systems, RESTful APIs, service integration, and API design
• Minimum 4+ years of experience using Python for automation, scripting, backend services, platform utilities, or engineering productivity solutions
• Minimum 5+ years of experience designing or using common application/service frameworks for logging, exception handling, auditing, policy enforcement, authentication, and authorization
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience with CI/CD and release automation using Jenkins, CloudBees, Git-based pipelines, Maven, or comparable enterprise DevOps tooling
• Minimum 4+ years of experience with containerized application delivery using Docker and Kubernetes, including deployment, configuration, scaling, and production troubleshooting
• Minimum 4+ years of cloud engineering experience across AWS and/or Azure, including cloud-native architecture, scalability, availability, security, and modernization patterns
• Minimum 3+ years of experience with production observability and monitoring using Datadog or comparable platforms for logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and incident troubleshooting
• Minimum 5+ years of experience supporting production applications, including incident resolution, root-cause analysis, performance optimization, reliability improvements, and operational support
• Minimum 3+ years of experience evaluating or implementing resiliency, high availability, disaster recovery, RTO, and RPO requirements for enterprise applications
• Minimum 5+ years of experience with Git-based source control, including Git CLI, branching strategies, pull/merge request workflows, and release management practices
• Minimum 5+ years of experience writing automated unit and integration tests using frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, PowerMock, or equivalent testing technologies