Senior Java Backend Engineer - AI, Microservices, AWS

Programmers.io; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Austin, TX is seeking a senior Java engineer with 5+ years of Java and MongoDB, plus hands-on experience with AI tools like RooCode and Claude. You will design and build scalable, highly available systems and contribute to API design, data modeling, and performance optimization.

You will work with SpringBoot, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, and a microservices architecture, with emphasis on AWS deployments, EKS cluster management, GIT workflows, and robust CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Must have strong Java and MongoDB experience.
• Experience with Java test frameworks (JUnit, TestNG).
• Hands-on with AI tools like RooCode and Claude.
• Experience designing distributed, highly available systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop highly available, distributed and scalable enterprise systems.
• Implement microservices architectures using SpringBoot, Redis, MongoDB, and Kafka.
• Lead AWS deployments, scaling and EKS cluster management.
• Participate in code reviews, CI/CD processes and deployments.

Skills

High throughput systems

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

Agile methodologies

Load balancing

HTTP specifications

Software Development Lifecycle

Tools

Java

MongoDB

SpringBoot

Redis

Kafka

Microservices

AWS

EKS

GIT

CI/CD

JUnit

TestNG

Job description

Programmers.io in Austin, TX is seeking a senior Java engineer with 5+ years of Java and MongoDB, plus hands-on experience with AI tools like RooCode and Claude. You will design and build scalable, highly available systems and contribute to API design, data modeling, and performance optimization.

You will work with SpringBoot, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka, and a microservices architecture, with emphasis on AWS deployments, EKS cluster management, GIT workflows, and robust CI/CD pipelines.