Senior Backend Java Engineer – Cloud Automation (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

6-month contract

Early start option

Job summary

Talent Insights Group is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join a team responsible for a cloud provisioning platform. You will develop Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs, troubleshoot production issues, and build automation to enhance reliability and efficiency.

The role focuses on reducing manual intervention, improving tooling, and operating within production AWS workflows. This remote-friendly position offers 38-hour weeks and a 6-month initial contract with an early

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of backend software engineering experience.
• Strong Java/Spring Boot/REST APIs expertise.
• Hands-on AWS experience with Step Functions, SQS and SNS.
• Experience investigating production incidents and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• Ability to build automation and tooling to reduce manual work.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and troubleshoot provisioning failures across backend services and AWS workflows.
• Perform root-cause analysis using logs, metrics and dashboards to identify recurring issues.
• Develop and maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs.
• Work with AWS Step Functions and messaging services to recover failed workflows.
• Identify opportunities to automate and improve recovery processes and tooling.
• Support internal requests relating to environment provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Contribute to metrics, runbooks, and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve platform reliability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

AWS Step Functions

SQS

SNS

Production incidents

Automation

Tools

Splunk

SignalFx

OpenAPI

Gradle

Job description

Talent Insights Group is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join a team responsible for a cloud provisioning platform. You will develop Java/Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs, troubleshoot production issues, and build automation to enhance reliability and efficiency.

The role focuses on reducing manual intervention, improving tooling, and operating within production AWS workflows. This remote-friendly position offers 38-hour weeks and a 6-month initial contract with an early