Senior Backend Engineer — Lead Cloud-Native Services (Remote)

Addison Group; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 89,544 - 96,432; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A leading staffing agency is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in transforming a core financial product. This remote contract position requires expertise in Java, Kotlin, or Scala and the ability to deliver high-availability services in a cloud-native environment. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of backend development experience, a solid understanding of relational databases, and familiarity with microservices architecture.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend development experience.
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with Java, Kotlin, or Scala.
• Solid understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, testing, and delivery of reliable backend services.
• Help define and evolve the system architecture.
• Deliver high-availability, high-scalability services.
• Mentor peers and foster a strong engineering culture.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Scala

Microservices

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Code reviews

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Job description

A leading staffing agency is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in transforming a core financial product. This remote contract position requires expertise in Java, Kotlin, or Scala and the ability to deliver high-availability services in a cloud-native environment. Ideal candidates will have over 4 years of backend development experience, a solid understanding of relational databases, and familiarity with microservices architecture.