Java Backend Engineer: APIs, Microservices, AI-Ready Data

Artifintech; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech seeks an experienced backend engineer to design MCP servers, reusable tools, and secure data integration services powering AI agents and applications. You will implement scalable architectures using Java, Spring Boot, and Python, build RESTful APIs, and optimize data access with SQL-focused platforms.

Applicants should excel in API security, CI/CD, and containerized deployments, collaborating with architects and data engineers to translate business needs into robust technical

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and Python for building scalable backend services and applications.
• Experience designing solution architectures, RESTful APIs, microservices, and reusable integration components, with the ability to apply these skills to MCP server and tool development.
• Strong SQL skills and experience integrating applications with relational databases and data platforms, preferably Starburst/Trino.
• Experience building secure, high-performance data access services to query and expose curated data to downstream applications and AI agents.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, API security, performance optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Strong software engineering practices, including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, and containerization.
• Ability to collaborate with architects, data engineers, and application teams to translate business requirements into scalable, reusable technical solutions. Preferred / Added Advantage
• Understanding of LLMs, agentic AI architectures, tool calling, and MCP, with the ability to support data agent development.

Responsibilities

• Designs the architecture and develops reusable MCP servers, tools, APIs, and data integration services to enable secure and efficient consumption of curated data by AI agents and applications.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python

RESTful APIs

Microservices

SQL

Starburst/Trino

LLMs understanding

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Containerization

Starburst/Trino

Job description

Artifintech seeks an experienced backend engineer to design MCP servers, reusable tools, and secure data integration services powering AI agents and applications. You will implement scalable architectures using Java, Spring Boot, and Python, build RESTful APIs, and optimize data access with SQL-focused platforms.

Applicants should excel in API security, CI/CD, and containerized deployments, collaborating with architects and data engineers to translate business needs into robust technical