Senior Java Developer

Anaqua; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaqua is seeking a Senior Java Developer to own core backend services on RightHub, a distributed, domain-driven Java platform on GCP. In this hands-on senior role, you will design domain events, implement service integrations, and set the technical bar for engineers through mentoring and strong testing discipline.

You will work with Java latest LTS, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Cloud GCP, Kubernetes (GKE), and PostgreSQL, collaborating with frontend teams using Next.js to ship features crossing the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of senior-level Java engineering with production ownership.
• Strong Spring Boot in production — transactional boundaries, connection pools, JVM tuning.
• Distributed-systems thinking — async messaging, idempotency, retries, ordering, eventual consistency.
• Domain-driven design and event-sourcing patterns; design domain events capturing state transitions.
• Contract-first API design with OpenAPI; deep PostgreSQL schema design and migrations under load.
• Production experience on Kubernetes with a major public cloud (GCP preferred).
• Strong testing discipline and ability to translate business requirements into technical specs.
• Track record of mentoring and raising engineering bar; excellent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Own services end-to-end on the Java platform, from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Design domain events and service integrations across the platform.
• Extend shared libraries for auth, async tasks, and infrastructure.
• Write well-tested code with unit, integration, and contract tests.
• Drive performance, reliability, and capacity planning across distributed flows.
• Mentor mid-level engineers and participate in code reviews and technical design docs.
• Collaborate with frontend teams (Next.js) on features crossing boundaries.

Skills

Java engineering

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

OpenAPI

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Hyperscale cloud (GCP)

Unit/integration testing

Mentoring

English

Tools

Spring Cloud GCP

Kubernetes (GKE)

PostgreSQL

OpenAPI

React/Next.js

Pub/Sub

Job description

Anaqua is seeking a Senior Java Developer to take ownership of core backend services on RightHub, our distributed, domain-driven Java platform on GCP. In this hands‑on senior role, you will own services end-to-end, design domain events and service integrations, and set the technical bar for the engineers around you. This role suits someone with strong distributed‑systems instincts and a track record of mentoring.

You’ll Love This Job if You Like To:

• Own services end-to-end on a modern Java + Spring Boot platform — design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring.
• Design domain events and the integrations between services — event types, processors, idempotency, and eventual-consistency boundaries.
• Extend the shared platform libraries — auth, async tasks, common infrastructure — that every service in the company depends on.
• Write code that is genuinely tested — strong unit, integration, and contract testing as part of the development loop.
• Drive performance and reliability work, including query optimisation, debugging distributed flows, and capacity planning.
• Raise the engineering bar through code review, technical design docs, and mentoring mid-level engineers.
• Work across a modern stack: Java (latest LTS), Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Cloud GCP, Kubernetes (GKE), PostgreSQL with a domain-event model, and contract-first APIs with OpenAPI.
• Work closely with frontend engineers on the Next.js application when shipping features that cross the boundary.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful:

• 5+ years of senior-level Java engineering with proven production ownership of services real users depend on.
• Strong Spring Boot in production — fluent on transactional boundaries, connection pools, JVM tuning, and how things break under load.
• Distributed‑systems thinking — async messaging, idempotency, retries, ordering, eventual consistency, and clean bounded contexts.
• Comfort with domain‑driven design and event‑sourcing patterns, designing domain events that capture state transitions.
• Contract-first API design with OpenAPI, deep PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, migrations under load).
• Production experience running services on Kubernetes, with hands‑on experience on a major public cloud (GCP preferred).
• Strong testing discipline and extensive experience converting business requirements to technical requirements.
• Track record of mentoring, raising the engineering bar, and excellent written and spoken English.
• Spring Cloud GCP/Pub/Sub/Cloud Run, reusable internal libraries, React/Next.js knowledge, or IP/legal-tech/regulated B2B SaaS exposure all an advantage.

Anaqua, Inc. is a premium provider of integrated intellectual property (IP) management technology solutions and services. Anaqua’s AQX platform combines best practice workflows with big data analytics and tech-enabled services to create an intelligent environment designed to inform IP strategy, enable IP decision‑making, and streamline IP operations. Today, nearly half of the top 100 U.S. patent filers and global brands, as well as a growing number of law firms worldwide use Anaqua’s solutions. Over one million IP executives, attorneys, paralegals, administrators, and innovators in large and medium‑sized companies use the platform for their IP management needs. The company’s global operations are headquartered in Boston, with offices across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia. For additional information, please visit anaqua.com, or on LinkedIn.