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# Java Backend Engineer

- **Company:** High Bridge Consulting
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Performance Management, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Monitoring of Systems, IBM WebSphere MQ, PostgreSQL, Open Web Application Security, Prometheus, Secure Coding, Software Deployment, Data Logging, Grafana, Spring-boot, AWS ECS, Git, Cloudformation, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Terraform, Splunk, Dynatrace, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** June 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/9bfe14b3-b038-46ce-b3ab-6c507507d15a

## About the Role

* 7+ years of Java backend development
 * Strong experience with Java 11/17+
 * Expertise in Spring Boot and Microservices Architecture
 * Experience designing and developing REST APIs
 * Hands-on experience with AWS services (especially ECS)
 * Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
 * Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
 * CI/CD pipeline development using Jenkins
 * Git version control (Fork, Pull Request, Code Review workflow)
 * Experience with Aurora PostgreSQL
 * Strong understanding of secure coding practices and OWASP Top 10
 * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, and structured logging, * Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies
 * Prometheus
 * Grafana
 * Geneos
 * Distributed tracing (Jaeger or Zipkin)
 * Kafka
 * IBM MQ
 * CockroachDB

## Description

* Design and build scalable Java microservices using Spring Boot
 * Develop secure, high-performance REST APIs
 * Deploy applications on AWS ECS and Kubernetes
 * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
 * Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CloudFormation
 * Collaborate with platform engineers to improve reliability, scalability, and automation
 * Integrate monitoring, logging, and application performance tools
 * Troubleshoot production issues and optimize application performance
 * Follow secure coding standards and best engineering practices


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