Backend Engineer - Java/Spring Boot, Kubernetes & Kafka

re-zoo-me; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

re-zoo-me is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer with a strong backend focus to join the Paragon K8aaS engineering team in Singapore. Expect to design and maintain scalable Java-based services, build cloud-native apps on Kubernetes, and work with Kafka for event-driven architectures.

You will collaborate with frontend, DevOps, SREs, and product teams, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while adhering to security and quality standards in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Java development (Java 17/21 preferred).
• Spring Boot, REST API development, and microservices architecture experience.
• Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures knowledge.
• Kubernetes concepts and container orchestration experience (Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Helm).
• Understanding of scaling, resiliency, and cloud-native concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build and support cloud-native applications on Kubernetes.
• Develop and maintain event-driven architectures using Kafka.
• Participate in architecture discussions and platform engineering initiatives for K8aaS.
• Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, SREs, and product teams.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide production support when required.
• Optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and observability.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Uphold coding best practices, security standards, and QA processes.

Skills

Java development

Spring Boot

REST API

Microservices

Kafka

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Docker

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

Kubernetes

Job description

re-zoo-me is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer with a strong backend focus to join the Paragon K8aaS engineering team in Singapore. Expect to design and maintain scalable Java-based services, build cloud-native apps on Kubernetes, and work with Kafka for event-driven architectures.

You will collaborate with frontend, DevOps, SREs, and product teams, troubleshoot production issues, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines while adhering to security and quality standards in an agile environment.