Java AI Engineer

CareerCircle; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CareerCircle seeks a skilled Java + AI Engineer to design, develop, and enhance scalable software applications and intelligent solutions. You will work on Java/Spring Boot backends, RESTful APIs, and microservices while integrating AI/Generative AI capabilities into products.

The role involves collaborating with product managers, data scientists, and engineers, building reliable, high-performance systems, and contributing to CI/CD and DevOps practices. 4+ years of experience is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Java backend development and Spring Boot.
• Strong understanding of RESTful services and microservices architecture.
• Experience integrating AI/Generative AI into software applications and working with LLMs/AI APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java backends using Spring Boot.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Integrate AI/Generative AI capabilities into applications and backend services.
• Work with LLMs, AI APIs, and AI-powered services to build intelligent features.
• Develop AI-powered automation, search, recommendations, content generation and more.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, data scientists, and engineers to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Stay current with emerging AI and software engineering technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

AI/Generative AI

LLMs

AI APIs

OOP

Data structures

Algorithms

Software design

Relational DBs

NoSQL

Automated testing

Git

CI/CD

DevOps

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Java + AI Engineer to design, develop, and enhance scalable software applications and intelligent solutions. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and modern backend development, along with practical experience integrating AI/Generative AI technologies into applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable applications and backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Integrate AI/Generative AI capabilities into applications and backend services.
• Work with LLMs, AI APIs, and AI-powered services to build intelligent application features.
• Develop solutions that leverage AI for automation, search, recommendations, content generation, and other business use cases.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, data scientists, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and implement reliable, maintainable, and high-performance software.
• Integrate applications with databases, APIs, cloud services, and distributed systems.
• Troubleshoot application issues and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, testing, and technical design.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Stay current with emerging AI and software engineering technologies.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java.
• Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI/Generative AI technologies into software applications.
• Experience working with LLMs, AI APIs, or AI-powered application features.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience developing scalable, production-ready applications.
• Experience with automated testing and modern software development practices.
• Experience with Git and modern software development workflows.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.