Remote Senior Java Engineer for Cloud Data Pipelines

Intellias; España; A distancia; EUR 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Intellias is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design, develop, and operate scalable Spring Boot microservices in a distributed architecture. You will build event-driven data pipelines, perform complex data transformations, and optimize SQL against PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.

You will collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders, deliver end-to-end features, and own the deployment and production support in a remote Spanish setup.

Formación

• 6+ years of experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining backend services and distributed systems in production using Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, Docker.
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with AWS core services and cloud-native application development.
• Experience parsing and ingesting various file types (large media files, etc.).
• Experience designing and operating event-driven distributed systems using Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or equivalent messaging platforms.
• Strong experience with microservices, MVC, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong experience with JPA / Hibernate.
• Strong database design skills with PostgreSQL (advanced SQL) and DynamoDB, including schema design, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Solid test automation experience using JUnit and Cucumber.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and/or similar CI/CD tools.
• Strong ownership and self-management in a fast-paced Agile environment, with the ability to independently deliver end-to-end solutions, communicate effectively in English.
• Ability to provide 6 hours overlap with US Central Time (CT) on business days (till 2 pm CT latest).

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Spring Boot-based microservices in a distributed architecture.
• Build and operate event-driven data processing pipelines, including ingestion, transformation, and enrichment of streaming data.
• Work extensively with complex datasets, focusing on data analysis, transformation, validation, and optimization.
• Develop and maintain advanced SQL queries and data workflows to support business and platform requirements.
• Collaborate closely with data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to understand and solve complex data challenges.
• Contribute to data warehousing and analytics initiatives, including Snowflake-based solutions where applicable.
• Develop and maintain robust APIs for internal and external consumers.
• Work with AWS cloud services to design and support reliable, scalable backend systems.
• Design, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL and DynamoDB schemas, ensuring performance and data integrity.
• Implement and maintain automated testing strategies (unit and integration).
• Contribute to and maintain GitHub Actions pipelines.
• Ensure system reliability through monitoring, logging, and observability best practices.
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed team, communicating progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Take ownership of features end-to-end, from design through deployment and production support.

Conocimientos

Java 21

Spring Boot 3.x

Docker

AWS core services

Kafka

AWS Kinesis

Microservices

JPA / Hibernate

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

JUnit

Cucumber

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Agile

English communication

Herramientas

GitHub Actions

Descripción del empleo

Intellias is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design, develop, and operate scalable Spring Boot microservices in a distributed architecture. You will build event-driven data pipelines, perform complex data transformations, and optimize SQL against PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.

You will collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders, deliver end-to-end features, and own the deployment and production support in a remote Spanish setup.