Java Backend Engineer
Octans Group Llc
Canandaigua, United States of America
7 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Canandaigua, United States of America
Tech stack
Java
ActiveMQ
Artificial Intelligence
Software Applications
Cloud Computing
Data Structures
Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements)
Amazon DynamoDB
MySQL
Software Deployment
Software Engineering
AI Infrastructure
GitHub Copilot
Large Language Models
Prompt Engineering
Spring-boot
Kubernetes
Cassandra
Kafka
GraphQL
Virtual Agents
REST
Microservices
Requirements
We are hiring an experienced Senior Java Backend Engineer with hands-on GenAI application development experience. The ideal candidate should have strong backend engineering expertise along with practical experience building AI-powered applications using LLM APIs and AI coding tools., * 8+ years of Java development with Spring Boot
- Microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL
- Kafka or ActiveMQ
- Kubernetes & cloud-native development
- MySQL, DynamoDB, Cassandra
- Strong Data Structures, Algorithms & System Design
- Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, etc.)
- Experience building AI-enabled applications
- Daily use of AI coding tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, or Claude Code
Preferred:
- Agentic AI, LangChain/LangGraph, RAG
- Prompt engineering, LLM orchestration, AI infrastructure
- Production deployment experience
Note: Candidates must have real-world AI implementation experience; theoretical knowledge or certifications alone will not be considered.