Backend Engineer - Java/Spring Boot, Enterprise-Scale, Remote

ClearlyRated, Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ClearlyRated, Inc. is hiring a Backend Software Engineer in Portland, OR. You’ll build scalable backend platforms powering survey automation and relationship intelligence for enterprise clients.

The role emphasizes API design, JVM-level Java, Spring Boot, and a production-grade, observable service stack with cloud-native microservices. You will work in a small, focused engineering team, designing resilient systems, handling real load, and collaborating across data sources, event-driven

Qualifications

• Proficient Java (JVM) with focus on performance and reliability.
• Deep Spring Boot expertise and DI/IoC understanding.
• Strong SQL/data modelling skills and query optimisation.
• Good API design with versioning and idempotency considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design system boundaries, data models, and REST contracts for enterprise apps.
• Build event-driven microservices on GCP with Pub/Sub and Kafka.
• Create resilient services with observability, retries, and timeouts.
• Integrate security/SSO and access controls for large orgs.
• Develop enterprise-ready integration layers and data interfaces.

Skills

Java (JVM)

Spring Boot

SQL

API design

Systems thinking

Observability

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GCP Pub/Sub

Job description

ClearlyRated, Inc. is hiring a Backend Software Engineer in Portland, OR. You’ll build scalable backend platforms powering survey automation and relationship intelligence for enterprise clients.

The role emphasizes API design, JVM-level Java, Spring Boot, and a production-grade, observable service stack with cloud-native microservices. You will work in a small, focused engineering team, designing resilient systems, handling real load, and collaborating across data sources, event-driven