Senior Java Backend Engineer – Cloud Native & AI

LGBT Great; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

PIMCO is seeking a Java Back-End Developer to join the Short-Term Desk Technology team. You will help modernize platforms, build cloud-native services, and contribute to AWS migration, with close collaboration to front office stakeholders across the full software lifecycle.

The role emphasizes ownership from design through production, leveraging Java 21, AI tooling, and cloud-native practices in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of strong experience with Java (preferably Java 17+; ideally Java 21) and back-end development.
• Familiarity with microservices, REST APIs, and event driven architectures.
• Some exposure to AWS or cloud native engineering concepts (containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code).
• Interest or experience in using AI tools to boost productivity (code generation, test creation, documentation, etc.).
• A proactive mindset, eagerness to learn, and ability to work in a fast-moving front office environment.
• Strong communication skills and desire to partner closely with business users.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high quality, scalable microservices using Java 21 and modern frameworks.
• Develop new functionality while evolving existing components with clean, maintainable, well tested code.
• Apply TDD, good CI/CD practices, and strong engineering standards.
• Contribute to our cloud migration initiatives by building containerized, cloud ready services.
• Work with AWS services (e.g., Lambda, EKS, RDS, S3, MSK) to move workloads off legacy environments.
• Participate in improving observability through metrics, tracing, and logging.
• Use applied AI tooling (e.g., GitHub Copilot, MCP servers, and LLMs) to accelerate development, improve testing quality, and streamline automation.
• Identify and implement opportunities for intelligent automation within systems.

Skills

Java programming

REST APIs

Event-driven architecture

AWS / Cloud-native

AI tooling for development

Proactive mindset

Strong communication

Business stakeholder collaboration

Tools

AWS

Containers

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

PIMCO is seeking a Java Back-End Developer to join the Short-Term Desk Technology team. You will help modernize platforms, build cloud-native services, and contribute to AWS migration, with close collaboration to front office stakeholders across the full software lifecycle.

The role emphasizes ownership from design through production, leveraging Java 21, AI tooling, and cloud-native practices in a fast-paced environment.