Cloud Backend Engineer - Java/Scala | AWS

Biomatters; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dotmatics is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with strong Java and/or Scala expertise and hands-on AWS experience to join our agile engineering team. You’ll help expand our cloud platform, with a focus on AI-driven tools and workflows, building robust services and operating our AWS-based platform.

This hybrid role is based in central Auckland, with in-office 1-3 days per week. You’ll work on Geneious, a leading bioinformatics platform used by researchers and institutions globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science or related field.
• 4+ years of cloud and backend engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Geneious cloud products and components.
• Own end-to-end delivery from coding to Docker packaging and deployment to EKS.
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers to capture requirements and iterate designs.
• Support testing, documentation, and production operations as part of the team.

Skills

Java/Scala

AWS

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

Terraform/CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3)

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

Dotmatics is seeking a Backend Software Engineer with strong Java and/or Scala expertise and hands-on AWS experience to join our agile engineering team. You’ll help expand our cloud platform, with a focus on AI-driven tools and workflows, building robust services and operating our AWS-based platform.

This hybrid role is based in central Auckland, with in-office 1-3 days per week. You’ll work on Geneious, a leading bioinformatics platform used by researchers and institutions globally.