AI-Driven Java Microservices Engineer – Remote

re-zoo-me; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Unlimited paid time off

Work-from-anywhere flexibility

Generous parental leave

Job summary

re-zoo-me is seeking a Software Development Engineer with an AI focus to modernize legacy systems by delivering Java 21+ microservices and AI-assisted tooling. You will own the architecture, build secure REST APIs, and enable event-driven integrations with Azure Service Bus or similar platforms, while containerizing with Docker and Kubernetes and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, security, QA, and business domains to deliver scalable, reliable payments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field.
• 5+ years of professional Java development experience.
• Proficiency with Java 21+ and modern development practices.
• Hands-on AI-assisted coding tools experience (Claude Code).
• Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs.
• Background modernizing monoliths to microservices/cloud-native.
• Relational DBs, SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Experience with JUnit/Mockito for automated testing.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Experience with Azure cloud and CI/CD tooling (Git, Maven/Gradle).
• Ability to evaluate AI-generated code for security and maintainability.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

AI-assisted coding

Architecture ownership

Code quality review

Communication

Problem-solving

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java 21+

Spring Boot 3

JPA/Hibernate

REST API design

Azure Service Bus

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

Git

Maven/Gradle

Job description

re-zoo-me is seeking a Software Development Engineer with an AI focus to modernize legacy systems by delivering Java 21+ microservices and AI-assisted tooling. You will own the architecture, build secure REST APIs, and enable event-driven integrations with Azure Service Bus or similar platforms, while containerizing with Docker and Kubernetes and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, security, QA, and business domains to deliver scalable, reliable payments