Backend Developer - Senior

Viderity Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Viderity Inc. seeks a Java Developer to build cloud-native, microservices-based backend solutions using Java, Spring Boot, REST/JSON APIs, and AWS.

The role includes architectural ownership, mentoring, and driving engineering excellence within an Agile team, with focus on scalable, secure, and observable systems and applying AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong Java backend experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate.
• Experience with AWS services and message brokers.
• Leading API design and security reviews per OWASP.
• SQL proficiency with DDL and DML concepts; reading stored procedures.
• Experience with GitHub-based CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of scalable backend services.
• Own architectural decisions and mentor engineering teams.
• Follow Agile methodologies and drive engineering excellence.
• Champion AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

Skills

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

JPA/Hibernate

Microservices

Event-driven

AWS

API design

Security

SQL

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Postman

JMeter

OWASP ZAP

Job description

Java Developer with extensive experience developing cloud-native, microservices-

based applications using Java/Spring Boot, REST/JSON APIs, and AWS. Leads the

design, development, and implementation of scalable backend services to support

business requirements. Follows Agile methodologies and drives engineering excellence

through architectural ownership, mentoring, and continuous improvement of

development practices. Champions AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and

improve code quality.

Required Skills

• Strong Java backend experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and
• microservices/event-driven architecture
• Experience with AWS services and message broker technologies
• Experience leading API design and documentation standards; owning security
• design reviews with strong knowledge of OWASP principles and
• authentication/authorization patterns
• Experience defining and driving testing strategy across unit, integration, and
• automated testing
• Proficiency in SQL with working knowledge of relational database concepts
• including DDL, DML, and reading/understanding stored procedures
• Experience working in a GitHub-based CI/CD environment with hands-on
• experience in containerized application packaging and deployment using Docker
• and Kubernetes
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive architectural improvements,
• lead production incident response, and own technical specifications and design
• documentation
• Ability to ability AI-assisted development tools across the team; drives adoption
• where it improves outcomes, mentors others, and stays current on emerging
• technologies and their application to existing systems

Preferred Skills

• Experience with API, security, and performance testing tools such as Postman, OWASP ZAP, and JMeter
• Experience with observability tooling — structured logging, monitoring, and
• alerting using CloudWatch, AppDynamics, and/or Splunk
• Experience with PostgreSQL and/or cloud-managed databases (RDS, Aurora)
• Experience with Agile/SAFe methodologies and tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills; experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, Ember) is a plus for full-stack collaboration.