Senior Backend Engineer

Ziflow; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ziflow is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to produce high-quality products and develop applications in an Agile environment. The role involves collaboration with the CTO and Product Team, participating in product development from conception to delivery.

Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of experience in similar roles, strong Java skills, and expertise in Object Oriented Design. The position offers the chance to work with advanced technologies in a dynamic team atmosphere.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of work experience in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Java 21, preferably in a microservices environment.
• Solid experience with Object Oriented Design & Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the CTO and Product Team to produce high quality products.
• Involved in every aspect of the product development process.
• Develop applications in a formal Agile environment.

Skills

Java 21

Object Oriented Design & Analysis

Spring (Core, Data JPA, MVC, Boot, Security)

SQL

REST

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer

Background

Ziflow is the leading creative collaboration platform helping agencies and brands streamline feedback and approval for creative assets — from concept to delivery. Our customers include Toyota, McCann Worldgroup, AWS, Doordash, Williams Sonoma, and Bark.

Founded in 2016, Ziflow serves thousands of customers globally, with team members in the US, UK, Poland, Canada, and South Africa. Our executive team has a proven track record of building, scaling, and successfully exiting SaaS businesses — and we’re just getting started.

Join us to help build a world-class team that creates world-class work.

The Role

You will work closely with our CTO and Product Team to produce a high quality product. You will be involved in every aspect of the product development process, from the conception of new features, collaborating with the Design and SysOps teams, to successfully running your code in production.

You will be working in a formal Agile environment to develop high quality applications based on requirements and designs.

Qualifications

• Work experience in similar role 4+ years
• Strong knowledge of Java 21, preferably in a microservices environment.
• Solid experience with Object Oriented Design & Analysis
• Hands‑on experience with frameworks and technologies such as Spring (Core, Data JPA, MVC, Boot, Security), Spock, SQL, REST, and related tools.
• Experience in designing and implementing highly scalable systems and frameworks

Desirable Skills

• SOA, and distributed systems understanding, experience in Continuous Integration
• Familiarity with containerization with Docker & Kubernetes
• SAML, Dropbox API, Google API, OAuth, etc.
• Some experience with Event Sourcing + CQRS
• Familiarity with AWS services
• Excellent communication skills, able to collaborate effectively with other Scrum team members
• Experience in Agile software development practices