Java Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Microservices

Eroad; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

ERoad in Auckland (Albany HQ) is seeking an intermediate Software Engineer to join our Java engineering team, responsible for backend features end-to-end on a cloud-native, event-driven SaaS platform.

You will build and evolve microservices and RESTful APIs, design with security and scalability in mind, and work alongside AI tools while reviewing AI-generated code before merge. You’ll participate in on-call rotations and report to the Chapter Lead.

Qualifications

• Production experience with Java in backend systems.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools or agents.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Microservice architecture and RESTful API design.
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
• Automated testing design across unit, component, integration.
• Git experience with trunk-based development and CI/CD.
• Docker and containerisation experience.
• Monitoring, alerting and observability basics.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of backend features end-to-end.
• Build and evolve microservices and RESTful APIs for a cloud-native SaaS platform.
• Decompose tasks for AI agents vs human work.
• Review AI-generated code before merge.
• Design and implement automated tests across unit, component and integration levels.
• Take part in an on-call rotation.
• Report to the Chapter Lead as part of a collaborative team.

Skills

Java backend

AWS

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Docker

MongoDB

SQL

AI tools

Tools

Spring

Git

Job description

ERoad in Auckland (Albany HQ) is seeking an intermediate Software Engineer to join our Java engineering team, responsible for backend features end-to-end on a cloud-native, event-driven SaaS platform.

You will build and evolve microservices and RESTful APIs, design with security and scalability in mind, and work alongside AI tools while reviewing AI-generated code before merge. You’ll participate in on-call rotations and report to the Chapter Lead.