Senior Java Backend Engineer — Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS

Ambush; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambush in Melbourne is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and build scalable services in Java with Spring Boot. You will develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs, implement containerized deployments with Docker and Kubernetes, and work with AWS cloud infrastructure and PostgreSQL databases.

Strong communication in English is essential for effective collaboration. You will join a people-first team that values thoughtful engineering, robust architectures, and long-term partnerships with clients.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java and Spring Boot with experience building scalable backend services.
• Strong RESTful and GraphQL API design knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Cloud experience (AWS or similar) and relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Event-driven architecture with messaging (Kafka).
• Excellent English communication, both written and spoken.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

JPA/Hibernate

PostgreSQL

Kafka

English communication

CI/CD

Grafana

React/JS/TypeScript

Job description

Ambush in Melbourne is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and build scalable services in Java with Spring Boot. You will develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs, implement containerized deployments with Docker and Kubernetes, and work with AWS cloud infrastructure and PostgreSQL databases.

Strong communication in English is essential for effective collaboration. You will join a people-first team that values thoughtful engineering, robust architectures, and long-term partnerships with clients.