Senior Java Architect: Scalable Cloud Microservices

Zoolatech; Central, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoolatech is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to design and implement scalable backend services for our enterprise transportation platform. You will build frameworks, write clean code, and own components across teams.

The role emphasizes performance, security, and cloud-native delivery with Java, Spring Boot, Docker/Kubernetes, and microservices. Collaboration and mentoring are core expectations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Java programming language.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and distributed systems.
• Good written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Create frameworks to solve multiple business problems.
• Lead design and architecture on projects, write great code.
• Takes ownership of solutions, systems, or designs that span multiple teams’ work, breaking work into smaller tasks for more junior engineers to support.
• Influences design within and across teams for projects by providing guidance on software design, development and industry best practices.
• Diagnose and remedy performance or security issues.
• Facilitates cross functional troubleshooting, root cause analysis.
• Surfaces potential design or delivery conflicts in the current product cycle and makes recommendations on the best options.
• Demonstrates expertise in industry standards for secure development practices
• Expertise with telemetry solutions and products available in the industry
• Contributes to community projects and engineering standards

Skills

Java programming language

Data structures

Distributed systems

English proficiency

Spring Boot

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Kafka

REST APIs

CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Zoolatech is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to design and implement scalable backend services for our enterprise transportation platform. You will build frameworks, write clean code, and own components across teams.

The role emphasizes performance, security, and cloud-native delivery with Java, Spring Boot, Docker/Kubernetes, and microservices. Collaboration and mentoring are core expectations.