Senior Application Engineer

Insight Global; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Developer to lead technical efforts across design, development, deployment, and support of secure, scalable cloud-native services and APIs. You will mentor teams, collaborate with architects, testers, and product owners, and drive critical initiatives in a fast-paced, distributed environment.

Candidates should have deep Java 17, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, AKS, and GitHub Actions CI/CD experience, plus strong API security and performance know-how.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CIS or related field.
• Minimum five years experience on projects involving full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Minimum two years in a technical leadership role, with or without direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and support secure, scalable cloud-native services and APIs.
• Mentor and lead technical teams; drive work independently and resolve complex issues.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, product owners, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Spring Boot

Java 17

DevOps

GitHub Actions

SDLC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

Senior Developer role is a hands-on technical leadership position focused on designing, developing, deploying, and supporting secure, scalable, cloud-native services and APIs. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with Java 17, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containerized environments, and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, along with a strong understanding of API security, scalability, performance, and operational best practices. Experience troubleshooting distributed systems, performing root cause analysis, and supporting high-volume, enterprise-grade applications is essential.

In addition to strong technical expertise, this role requires someone who can serve as a technical lead and mentor, independently drive work and resolve complex issues, and collaborate effectively with architects, developers, testers, product owners, and cross-functional teams. Experience with CIAM/IAM and modern authentication technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and JWT is preferred. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with distributed onshore and offshore teams, adapting to changing priorities, and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Skills and Requirements

• Spring Boot framework

• Java 17

• DevOps

• Github,

• Minimum five (5) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC).

• Minimum two (2) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.