Senior Java Backend Engineer - Remote & Cloud

Intive; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Udemy access

Remote work

Mentorship program

Job summary

intive is recruiting for a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain RESTful services using Java 11/17+ and Spring Boot. You will work with SQL/NoSQL databases, write unit tests, and contribute to scalable cloud deployments on AWS.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, review code, and help optimize performance. A strong emphasis on testing, quality, and continuous learning is evident across our remote-friendly culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Java (11/17+) and Spring Boot.
• RESTful API development and microservice architectures.
• SQL/NoSQL databases knowledge.
• Unit testing with JUnit and Mockito.
• Gradle build tool experience.
• Familiarity with AWS services.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and microservices with Java 11/17+ and Spring Boot.
• Implement and maintain REST APIs with performance, scalability, and security.
• Write unit tests using JUnit and Mockito.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases to model data persistence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship new features.
• Use Gradle for build automation and dependency management.
• Deploy and operate applications on AWS cloud environments.
• Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

Skills

Java 11/17+

Spring Boot

REST API development

Microservices

SQL/NoSQL

JUnit/Mockito

Gradle

AWS

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

Dynatrace

Kibana

Kafka

RabbitMQ

SonarQube

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

intive is recruiting for a backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain RESTful services using Java 11/17+ and Spring Boot. You will work with SQL/NoSQL databases, write unit tests, and contribute to scalable cloud deployments on AWS.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, review code, and help optimize performance. A strong emphasis on testing, quality, and continuous learning is evident across our remote-friendly culture.