Java Backend Developer

Machine Learning Technologies, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Machine Learning Technologies, LLC in Dallas, TX is seeking a backend software engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable microservices and APIs. You will work on cloud-native applications on AWS, implement IaC, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes reliability, observability, and performance, with collaboration across product, SRE, security, and infrastructure teams; you will participate in architecture reviews and help drive engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture.
• Knowledge of secure coding principles and application security practices.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Service Mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd) is considered a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and microservices.
• Build robust APIs and distributed systems for large-scale workloads.
• Develop, deploy, and optimize cloud-native applications using AWS.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable releases.
• Collaborate with product managers, SREs, security teams, and other stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis.

Skills

Microservices Architecture

Secure coding practices

Analytical problem-solving

Cloud-native development

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Istio

Linkerd

Job description

Job Description:

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend services and microservices.
• Build robust APIs and distributed systems capable of supporting large-scale workloads.
• Develop, deploy, and optimize cloud-native applications utilizing AWS services.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software releases.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure teams, SREs, security teams, and other stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot production issues and conduct root cause analysis for complex system challenges.
• Improve system reliability, observability, scalability, and performance.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Contribute to engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

Software Engineering Practices:

• Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture
• Knowledge of secure coding principles and application security practices
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Service Mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd) is considered a plus.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.