Software Dev Engineer II, L5, AWS Web Toolkit, Platform Experience

Groundwork Outdoor Living; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Groundwork Outdoor Living is seeking a Web Architect in San Jose, CA, on-site, for a long-term contract (W2). You will drive the development architecture and middleware strategy for digital platforms, bridging core app developers and infra engineers, with a focus on DevOps automation.

Responsibilities include designing modular frameworks, managing middleware, and enabling CI/CD pipelines with blue-green deployments. Expertise in microservices, event-driven design, and API governance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience designing modular, scalable web architectures using microservices and event-driven patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design modular web application frameworks using microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Architect and manage middleware including message brokers, API gateways, and ESBs.
• Build DevEx automation: containerized dev stacks and automated testing gates.
• Establish APIs, versioning, and cross-service communication standards.
• Design distributed caching and database pooling to minimize latency.
• Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines and blue-green deployments.

Skills

Node.js

Java Spring Boot

Go

Python FastAPI

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS EventBridge

API Gateways

Kong

Apigee

NGINX

Envoy

Redis

Memcached

Hazelcast

Docker

Kubernetes

Istio

Linkerd

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS EventBridge

Job description

Title: Web Architect

Location: San Jose, CA - On-Site role

Duration: Long-Term Contract - W2

Mandatory Skills: Web Application / DevOps Architect

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Web Application / DevOps Architect to drive the development architecture and middleware strategy of our digital platforms. In this role, you will spend less time on basic cloud administration and more time designing resilient application frameworks, distributed messaging systems, and data routing layers. You will serve as the technical bridge between core application developers and infrastructure engineers, ensuring that code architectures natively leverage DevOps automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Framework Architecture: Design modular, scalable web application structures utilizing microservices, event-driven architectures, and domain-driven design principles.
• Middleware & Integration Engineering: Architect and manage enterprise middleware, including message brokers, API gateways, enterprise service buses (ESBs), and data distribution fabrics.
• Developer Experience (DevEx) Automation: Build local development environments (e.g., containerized dev stacks) and automated testing gates to accelerate daily engineering workflows.
• API Strategy & Governance: Establish high-performance API architectures, cross-service communication protocols, and strict versioning standards across all platforms.
• State & Cache Optimization: Design distributed caching strategies, session management flows, and database connection pooling to minimize application latency.
• Continuous Code Delivery: Collaboratively build automated CI/CD pipelines that handle complex code builds, integration testing, and blue-green application deployments.

Required Technical Skills

• Application Development: Deep expertise in full-stack backend languages like Node.js, Java (Spring Boot), Go, or Python (FastAPI).
• Messaging & Event Middleware: Advanced proficiency with message queues and event streaming systems such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS EventBridge.
• API Management: Hands‑on experience configuring API Gateways and proxies like Kong, Apigee, NGINX, or Envoy.
• Data & Caching Layers: Expert knowledge of distributed caches and data grids, specifically Redis, Memcached, or Hazelcast.
• Container Integration: Master-level skills in Docker and Kubernetes, specifically optimizing container lifecycle events and service-mesh communications (e.g., Istio, Linkerd).