Senior Java Backend Architect, AI-Driven & Cloud-Native

Viderity Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Viderity Inc. is seeking a Java Developer to design, build, and maintain cloud-native backend services. You will lead API design, security reviews, and testing strategies while guiding a team in an Agile environment.

You will work with AWS, microservices, and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve code quality. Strong mentoring and architectural ownership are expected to drive excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong Java backend experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and microservices/event-driven architecture.
• Experience with AWS services and message broker technologies.
• Experience leading API design and documentation standards; owning security design reviews with strong knowledge of OWASP principles and authentication/authorization patterns.
• Experience defining and driving testing strategy across unit, integration, and automated testing.
• Proficiency in SQL with working knowledge of relational database concepts including DDL, DML, and reading/understanding stored procedures.
• Experience working in a GitHub-based CI/CD environment with hands-on experience in containerized application packaging and deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive architectural improvements, lead production incident response, and own technical specifications and design documentation.
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools across the team; drives adoption where it improves outcomes, mentors others, and stays current on emerging technologies and their application to existing systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement scalable backend services to support business requirements.
• Lead API design and documentation; perform security design reviews per OWASP principles.
• Drive testing strategies across unit, integration, and automated tests; mentor team members.

Skills

Java backend

Spring Boot

AWS

API design

OWASP security

Testing strategy

SQL relational databases

GitHub CI/CD

Mentoring

AI-assisted development

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

PostgreSQL

Job description

Viderity Inc. is seeking a Java Developer to design, build, and maintain cloud-native backend services. You will lead API design, security reviews, and testing strategies while guiding a team in an Agile environment.

You will work with AWS, microservices, and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve code quality. Strong mentoring and architectural ownership are expected to drive excellence.