Java Engineer - FinTech Backend, AWS Microservices (Remote)

MoneyGram; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote first flexibility

Generous PTO

13 Paid Holidays

Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance

Life, Disability, and other benefits

401k with competitive Employer Match

Community Service Days

Generous Parental Leave

Job summary

MoneyGram is seeking a highly skilled Java Engineer with 2–5 years of backend experience to design, develop, and deploy high-volume enterprise applications on AWS. You will architect robust, secure transactional systems, optimize billing engines, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance, low-latency financial software.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive communication, and ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing autonomy with collaboration in a dynamic,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 2–5 years of professional backend software engineering experience in distributed systems.
• Experience building enterprise SaaS or transactional financial applications.
• Experience migrating monolithic apps to microservices and working in Agile/Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high-availability Java applications for large-scale transactions.
• Write secure, optimized code with modern Java features.
• Design and scale microservices for transactional speed and consistency.
• Model and optimize relational and NoSQL databases.
• Build secure APIs for third-party integrations and ERP connections.
• Automate secure AWS deployments with modern DevOps practices.
• Lead code reviews and mentor engineering teammates.
• Identify bottlenecks and ensure zero-downtime deployments.

Skills

Java 17/21

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Hibernate ORM

JPA

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IT

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle DB

Couchbase

Kafka

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Job description

MoneyGram is seeking a highly skilled Java Engineer with 2–5 years of backend experience to design, develop, and deploy high-volume enterprise applications on AWS. You will architect robust, secure transactional systems, optimize billing engines, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance, low-latency financial software.

The role emphasizes ownership, proactive communication, and ability to navigate ambiguity while balancing autonomy with collaboration in a dynamic,