Java Developer — Mentorship, Microservices & CI/CD

Microsoft Corporation; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 63,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Microsoft Corporation in Toledo seeks a Java Developer to turn complex requirements into reliable, scalable software. The role emphasizes mentoring, CI/CD, and modern microservices practices within the OH engineering team.

Candidates should bring ownership, fluency in microservices, Tailwind CSS, and gRPC, plus hands-on Kubernetes experience. The position offers a competitive salary and a path for growth at Microsoft in Ohio.

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset and willingness to take on new responsibilities
• Fluency with microservices and Tailwind CSS; strong opinions on both
• Comfort presenting ideas to stakeholders at all levels
• Cross-functional collaboration from engineering to marketing
• Comfort owning technology decisions in the OH market
• Strong knowledge of Process Improvement and gRPC
• Kubernetes proficiency gained through practical experience

Responsibilities

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to code-review culture
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from Microsoft stakeholders into shippable Coaching services
• Tune Process Improvement caching to support the Toledo launch spike on the same hardware
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across OH engineering teams
• Wrangle Microservices config across environments so Toledo staging mirrors production
• Mentor mid-level hires on how Microsoft wires Coaching together
• Drive the PHP incident postmortem to prevent Toledo outages from recurring
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for faster release cycles

Skills

Java

Microservices

Tailwind CSS

gRPC

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Microsoft Corporation in Toledo seeks a Java Developer to turn complex requirements into reliable, scalable software. The role emphasizes mentoring, CI/CD, and modern microservices practices within the OH engineering team.

Candidates should bring ownership, fluency in microservices, Tailwind CSS, and gRPC, plus hands-on Kubernetes experience. The position offers a competitive salary and a path for growth at Microsoft in Ohio.