Java Backend Engineer – Spring Boot & Microservices

Govserviceshub; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Govserviceshub is seeking a Backend Engineer to join a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You will help build scalable, secure, and high-performant systems with strong backend depth in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.

The role emphasizes observability, monitoring, and reliability, along with collaboration across Payments and Commerce teams to deliver production-grade web applications.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in computer science or related field.
• Experience building and operating production-grade web applications.
• Strong fundamentals in CS, data structures, algorithms, and large-scale system design.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful services, and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of cloud-native and distributed systems.
• Experience with observability/monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk).
• Experience with databases (DynamoDB or SQL/NoSQL) including schema design and query optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and reliability with instrumentation and alerting.
• Enhance performance, resiliency, and uptime of SLA-critical APIs.
• Collaborate with Payments and Commerce teams.
• Contribute to shared engineering standards and libraries.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Observability

Monitoring

Instrumentation

System design

Data structures

Algorithms

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

DynamoDB

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Govserviceshub is seeking a Backend Engineer to join a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You will help build scalable, secure, and high-performant systems with strong backend depth in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.

The role emphasizes observability, monitoring, and reliability, along with collaboration across Payments and Commerce teams to deliver production-grade web applications.