Senior Java Platform Engineer - High-Performance Transactions

Maya; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Maya is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and sustain mission-critical transaction services for wallet accounts. You will ensure reliability through self-healing, performance optimization, and scalable architectures, while enabling cross-team collaboration in testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.

The role emphasizes deep expertise in Java/Spring/SQL, AWS, and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, plus strong focus on performance testing and observability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years software development experience.
• At least 6 years with Java, Maven, Spring, and Git.
• At least 6 years writing unit tests or automated testing.
• At least 4 years with CI tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• At least 4 years with Docker and Kubernetes.
• At least 2 years optimizing performance.

Responsibilities

• Design and build mission-critical transaction platform services for Maya’s wallets.
• Create resilient, high-performance, self-healing components.
• Develop automation tools for monitoring, alerts, and performance insights.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement scalable usability improvements.
• Conduct load testing and optimisations for hyper-performance.
• Investigate incidents using logs, telemetry data, and data warehouses.

Skills

Java/Spring/SQL

AWS

Python

Testing concepts

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

Dynatrace

Splunk

Job description

Maya is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and sustain mission-critical transaction services for wallet accounts. You will ensure reliability through self-healing, performance optimization, and scalable architectures, while enabling cross-team collaboration in testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.

The role emphasizes deep expertise in Java/Spring/SQL, AWS, and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, plus strong focus on performance testing and observability.