Senior Java Software Engineer

Optomi; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi, in partnership with a leading automotive and financial services organization, seeks a Senior Java Software Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team building enterprise applications.

7–10 years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Terraform, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems is preferred. The role involves full software lifecycle, cloud deployment, and potential Go work, with onsite presence in Plano, TX.

Qualifications

• Approximately 7–10 years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of professional Java development experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Spring Framework and Spring Boot.
• Hands‑on experience developing enterprise microservices and distributed applications.
• Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs.
• Hands‑on experience using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building event‑driven applications, ideally using Kafka.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Strong experience with automated testing and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with application monitoring, logging, debugging, observability, and production support.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Plano, TX 4-5 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java microservices and batch applications using Spring Boot.
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
• Build and consume secure, reliable, and high‑performing RESTful APIs and enterprise services.
• Design and develop event‑driven microservices, including Kafka producers and consumers.
• Deploy, support, and operate cloud‑native applications within AWS.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, quality controls, and secure deployment processes.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and logging to proactively identify and resolve production issues.
• Contribute to Go‑based development when needed and remain open to learning additional languages, frameworks, and platforms.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Observability

SQL

Go learning interest

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Kafka

Go

Job description

Optomi, in partnership with a leading automotive and financial services organization, is seeking a Senior Java Software Engineer to join a highly collaborative engineering team responsible for building and supporting modern enterprise applications.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced software engineer with approximately 7-10 years of professional development experience and strong hands‑on expertise across Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Terraform, APIs, and distributed systems.

The team operates in a technology‑agnostic engineering environment, so candidates should be curious, adaptable, quality‑focused, and interested in expanding their skills across technologies such as Go and other modern development platforms.

What you'll be doing

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java microservices and batch applications using Spring Boot
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement
• Build and consume secure, reliable, and high‑performing RESTful APIs and enterprise services
• Design and develop event‑driven microservices, including Kafka producers and consumers
• Deploy, support, and operate cloud‑native applications within AWS
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, quality controls, and secure deployment processes
• Implement observability, monitoring, and logging to proactively identify and resolve production issues
• Contribute to Go‑based development when needed and remain open to learning additional languages, frameworks, and platforms

Qualifications / must haves

• Approximately 7-10 years of professional software development experience
• 5+ years of professional Java development experience
• Strong hands‑on experience with Spring Framework and Spring Boot
• Hands‑on experience developing enterprise microservices and distributed applications
• Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs
• Hands‑on experience using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Experience building event‑driven applications, ideally using Kafka
• Experience with relational databases and SQL
• Strong experience with automated testing and CI/CD practices
• Experience with application monitoring, logging, debugging, observability, and production support
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering and application‑development best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work onsite in Plano, TX 4-5 days per week

Nice to have

• Go / Golang development experience or a genuine interest in learning Go
• Kubernetes or container orchestration experience
• Experience working across multiple programming languages or development platforms
• Experience within large‑scale enterprise engineering environments