Principal Java Engineer - Gaming Domain

Crevia Infotech; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Crevia Infotech is seeking a Lead Java Developer with mandatory hands-on experience in the gaming industry to own backend services and contribute to architecture, development, performance optimization, and end-to-end delivery. The role focuses on Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and AWS to build scalable systems.

The selected candidate will work on scalable, high-volume backend services in a gaming environment, utilizing AWS services such as Kinesis, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB and ElastiCache to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development.
• Hands-on leadership with technical ownership.
• Experience with AWS cloud-native services and gaming environments.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of backend services and contribute to architecture, development, performance optimization, and end-to-end delivery.
• Design solutions, review code and designs, troubleshoot complex issues, and guide other engineers.
• Take ownership of technical delivery and work with Java 11, Spring Boot, Docker/Kubernetes, and various AWS services.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

AWS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis/ElastiCache

SQL

NoSQL

Kinesis

S3

Lambda

RDS

DynamoDB

ElastiCache

Job description

We are looking for a Lead Java Developer with mandatory hands-on experience in the gaming industry, in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and AWS to take technical ownership of backend services and contribute to architecture, development, performance optimization, and end-to-end delivery.

The selected candidate will work on scalable, high-volume backend services in a gaming environment and will utilize AWS cloud-native services such as Kinesis, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, and ElastiCache to build reliable and highly scalable systems.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. The candidate should be comfortable designing solutions, writing production-quality code, reviewing code and designs, troubleshooting complex issues, guiding other engineers, and taking ownership of technical delivery.

The role will involve working with Java 11, Spring Boot, AWS services, Redis/ElastiCache, SQL and NoSQL databases, Docker/Kubernetes, and related development and deployment tools.

Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development.

Perks and benefits