Senior Java/Spring Backend Engineer | Hybrid US

Kingland; Fort Myers (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingland, a hybrid-structured employer with offices in Ames, Clear Lake, and Fort Myers, Florida, seeks a Senior Software Engineer. You will develop Java/Spring backend services, work with PostgreSQL and OpenSearch, and contribute to tests, performance, and reliability.

Frontend contributions with Angular/TypeScript are a plus. You will own features from requirements through production, improving data processing and tooling, with emphasis on secure coding, scalable design, and collaboration in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience.
• Backend development experience in Java with Spring or Spring Boot; willingness to work primarily in Java/Spring.
• Regular use of automated testing, including edge cases and CI.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices and responsible handling of sensitive data.
• Ability to reason about data changes, failure paths, and concurrent requests; design tests.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including explaining technical tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain secure, testable Java/Spring services within the existing architecture.
• Preserve correct behavior across APIs and asynchronous processing, including edge cases.
• Write automated unit and integration tests verifying expected behavior.
• Improve logging, metrics, alarms, and runbooks for faster diagnosis.
• Investigate performance issues and measure effects of changes in queries, caching, or batching.
• Collaborate with teammates and product teams in two-week sprints from requirements to deployment.

Skills

Java

Spring/Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Redis caching

AWS

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Gradle

Angular/TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Spring

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Redis

AWS

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Gradle

MyBatis

Flyway

Angular/TypeScript

Job description

Kingland, a hybrid-structured employer with offices in Ames, Clear Lake, and Fort Myers, Florida, seeks a Senior Software Engineer. You will develop Java/Spring backend services, work with PostgreSQL and OpenSearch, and contribute to tests, performance, and reliability.

Frontend contributions with Angular/TypeScript are a plus. You will own features from requirements through production, improving data processing and tooling, with emphasis on secure coding, scalable design, and collaboration in