Senior Java Backend Engineer - Microservices & Kafka

Photon; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon is seeking a senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale mission-critical backend services. The role emphasizes microservices, event-driven architecture with Kafka, REST APIs, and AWS-based deployment on EKS. Strong Java/Spring Boot expertise and CI/CD discipline are essential to deliver robust systems. The candidate will contribute to performance tuning and system integration within a scalable cloud framework.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Experience with Java 11+ and Spring Boot ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable microservices.
• Develop RESTful APIs and data models.
• Work with Kafka for event-driven architectures.
• Deploy and manage services on AWS EKS.
• Ensure code quality with testing and reviews.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

REST APIs

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Tools

AWS EKS

EC2

S3

IAM

Job description

Photon is seeking a senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and scale mission-critical backend services. The role emphasizes microservices, event-driven architecture with Kafka, REST APIs, and AWS-based deployment on EKS. Strong Java/Spring Boot expertise and CI/CD discipline are essential to deliver robust systems. The candidate will contribute to performance tuning and system integration within a scalable cloud framework.