Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin) – Payments & Microservices

Droisys

Foster City (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

10 days ago
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Job summary

Droisys in Foster City, California, is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design and build scalable, robust services for ride-hailing applications. You will own core capabilities like payments, fleet dispatch, and service management, contributing to roadmaps and ensuring high quality through code reviews and testing.

The role requires 8+ years of cloud software experience and proficiency in Kotlin or Java, Kafka, REST APIs and SQL, with production systems on Kubernetes and Docker.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of cloud software experience.
  • Experience with design, implementation and operation of backend microservices.
  • Proficiency with Kotlin or Java, Kafka, REST APIs and SQL.
  • Experience running production services using Kubernetes and Docker.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable, efficient, and robust backend systems for ride-hailing service
  • Own core functionality such as payments, fleet dispatch, service management
  • Make significant contributions to technical roadmaps, development plans and execute on them effectively.
  • Uphold engineering excellence by demonstrating best practices in software development including design review, code review, software testing and documentation.

Skills

Java
Kotlin
Payments systems
Kafka
REST APIs
SQL

Tools

Kubernetes
Docker
Spring Boot

Job description

Droisys in Foster City, California, is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design and build scalable, robust services for ride-hailing applications. You will own core capabilities like payments, fleet dispatch, and service management, contributing to roadmaps and ensuring high quality through code reviews and testing.

The role requires 8+ years of cloud software experience and proficiency in Kotlin or Java, Kafka, REST APIs and SQL, with production systems on Kubernetes and Docker.

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