Java Backend Engineer – AWS, Automation (Remote)

Talent Insights Group; Sydney; Remote; AUD 129,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Insights Group is seeking a Software Engineer to join a cloud provisioning platform, handling backend development and production troubleshooting. You’ll focus on automation and tooling to improve reliability and reduce manual work, contributing to software and process improvements across AWS-based workflows.

You will own issues from investigation to resolution, work with Step Functions, SQS, and SNS, and help scale the platform while maintaining high service quality for customers across

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of software engineering with backend focus.
• Strong hands-on Java, Spring Boot and REST APIs experience.
• AWS exposure, including Step Functions, SQS and SNS.
• Experience supporting production services and incident investigation.
• Analytical with ability to identify root causes and patterns.
• Proactive, ownership mindset, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience building automation/tools to reduce manual work.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and troubleshoot provisioning failures across backend services and AWS workflows.
• Perform root-cause analysis using logs, metrics, dashboards and service behavior to identify risks.
• Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs.
• Work with AWS Step Functions and messaging services to recover failed workflows.
• Identify automation opportunities to reduce manual intervention.
• Own technical issues and drive long-term improvements to implementation.
• Support internal requests for environment provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Contribute to metrics reporting, runbooks, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve operational processes and platform reliability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

AWS

Step Functions

SQS

SNS

Root cause analysis

Automation

Production support

Tools

Splunk

SignalFx

OpenAPI

Gradle

SQL

Job description

Talent Insights Group is seeking a Software Engineer to join a cloud provisioning platform, handling backend development and production troubleshooting. You’ll focus on automation and tooling to improve reliability and reduce manual work, contributing to software and process improvements across AWS-based workflows.

You will own issues from investigation to resolution, work with Step Functions, SQS, and SNS, and help scale the platform while maintaining high service quality for customers across