Senior Java Backend Engineer — Big Data & AWS (Hybrid)

ManpowerGroup; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer with strong Big Data and AWS expertise to design scalable backend systems and data platforms. The role focuses on building distributed microservices, processing billions of events daily, and delivering high-performance REST APIs in a Cloud environment.

You will work with Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Presto, and AWS services, and participate in CI/CD practices to ensure robust delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Java backend development experience.
• Strong experience building distributed microservices architectures.
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, scalable backend systems, and distributed computing.
• Experience writing and optimizing complex SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support highly scalable Java-based backend applications and microservices.
• Build and optimize distributed systems that process and analyze billions of daily market events.
• Develop solutions utilizing Hadoop, Spark, Hive, and Presto for Big Data workloads.
• Architect and implement high-performance APIs that enable fast access to large datasets.
• Design scalable data processing and ingestion frameworks on AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver scalable technical solutions.
• Improve application performance, reliability, observability, and scalability across distributed environments.
• Drive engineering best practices, code quality, testing standards, and architectural consistency.
• Leverage AI-assisted coding tools to improve productivity while maintaining engineering standards.

Skills

Java Backend

Distributed Systems

Big Data

Spark

Hadoop

Hive

Presto

AWS

Microservices

REST APIs

SQL

Jenkins

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

CloudFormation

Python

Unix Shell

Job description

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer with strong Big Data and AWS expertise to design scalable backend systems and data platforms. The role focuses on building distributed microservices, processing billions of events daily, and delivering high-performance REST APIs in a Cloud environment.

You will work with Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Presto, and AWS services, and participate in CI/CD practices to ensure robust delivery.