Backend Developer

Match Point Solutions; Maryland Heights (MO); Remote; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

MatchPoint Solutions seeks a Backend Developer for a remote 10-month contract, focusing on building scalable REST APIs with Java 21 and Spring Boot.

You will integrate with Splunk and Illumio, ensure robust security, and collaborate with frontend to define API contracts. This remote role uses modern cloud-based tooling and CI workflows.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java 21 with Spring Boot and data access layers.
• Experience integrating external services via Feign or similar clients.
• Knowledge of Kerberos/JWT authentication a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement REST endpoints for workload, traffic-investigation, and approval screens.
• Build Feign clients and enrichment logic with Splunk/Illumio data.
• Implement rules and audit-trail for business workflows.
• Write scheduled jobs for periodic sync/reconciliation.
• Maintain Oracle JDBC and MongoDB access layers.
• Write unit and integration tests; maintain JaCoCo and Sonar gates.
• Keep OpenAPI/Swagger docs current for frontend teams.
• Collaborate with frontend on API contracts and auth model.

Skills

Java 21

Spring Boot

Spring Data (JDBC/MongoDB)

Feign / HTTP clients

JUnit 5 / Mockito

Tools

GitLab CI

SonarQube

Maven

Job description

MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing, young, energetic global IT-Engineering services company with clients across the US. We provide technology solutions to various clients like Uber, Robinhood, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Sephora, and more! More recently, we have expanded to working internationally in Canada, China, Ireland, UK, Brazil, and India. Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results, from idea to outcome. We keep our clients on the cutting edge of the latest technologies and provide solutions by using industry-specific best practices and expertise.

Job Title: Backend Developer
Remote
10 Months
Rate:80$ to 85$ per hour on W2

Backend Developer - Cyber Threat Dashboard API Tech Stack

• Java 21, Spring Boot 3.5.x, Maven
• Spring Data JDBC/JDBC (Oracle via ojdbc11), Spring Data MongoDB, Spring Session (Mongo-backed)
• Spring Cloud OpenFeign (+ Feign HttpClient) for calling Splunk/Illumio and other external services
• ShedLock (JDBC provider) for distributed scheduled-job locking
• Caffeine caching, Micrometer metrics, Splunk logging appender
• Spring Security with Kerberos client and JWT-based auth (nimbus-jose-jwt)
• springdoc-openapi (Swagger UI)
• JUnit 5, Mockito, MockServer (Netty), REST Assured, Awaitility, H2 for test-time persistence
• JaCoCo coverage, Checkstyle, Spotless (formatting/import-order gate on changed files), SonarQube

Responsibilities

• Design and implement REST endpoints backing the UI's workload, traffic-investigation, service, rules, and approval-workflow screens
• Build and maintain Feign clients and enrichment logic integrating Splunk and Illumio data into internal domain models
• Implement rules and approval-workflow business logic, including validation and audit trail
• Write scheduled jobs where needed (ShedLock-coordinated) for periodic sync/reconciliation tasks
• Maintain Oracle (JDBC) and MongoDB data access layers; manage schema/migration concerns
• Write JUnit/Mockito unit tests and REST Assured integration tests; keep JaCoCo coverage and the Sonar gate green; follow Checkstyle/Spotless formatting standards
• Keep OpenAPI/Swagger documentation current for consumers, notably the frontend team
• Coordinate with frontend developers on API contract, pagination, error-response shape, and the auth/permission model

Skills Required

• Strong Java 21 / Spring Boot experience, comfortable with Spring Data (JDBC + MongoDB) in the same codebase
• Experience with Feign or similar declarative HTTP clients, and integrating third-party security platforms (Splunk, Illumio, or similar SIEM/segmentation tools a plus)
• Familiarity with enterprise Kerberos/JWT-based authentication
• Solid testing discipline: JUnit 5, Mockito, MockServer/REST Assured for integration-level tests
• Comfortable working in an enterprise SSO/corporate-proxy environment with GitLab CI, Sonar/Checkstyle gates

MatchPoint Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.