Senior Software Engineer

Paragon IT Professionals; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon IT Professionals is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Des Moines team. This role focuses on designing and evolving Java-based microservices and APIs to drive essential business capabilities. Candidates should have 8+ years of software engineering experience, particularly in enterprise-scale microservices and cloud-native environments, preferably Azure. Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with technical and business stakeholders are essential. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building and operating enterprise-scale microservices.
• Proven ability to lead technically across teams and drive best practices.
• Experience working in cloud-native environments (Azure preferred).
• Strong communication skills to partner with bothtechnical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable Java Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs.
• Own data access and persistence services, ensuring performance and reliability.
• Build and operate services in Kubernetes environments focusing on scalability.
• Partner with teams to deliver high-quality, reusable services.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Kubernetes

Azure

SQL

CI/CD

Security

Data modeling

Observability

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own and evolve a suite of Java-based microservices and APIs that serve as the standardized interface. This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role where you’ll design, build, and scale domain-driven data services that power critical business capabilities across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable Java Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs
• Own data access and persistence services, ensuring performance, reliability, and secure data handling
• Build and operate services in Kubernetes (AKS) environments with a focus on resiliency and scalability
• Partner with architecture, data, and platform teams to deliver high-quality, reusable services
• Java & Spring Boot: Microservices development (Spring MVC, Security, Data) and REST API design (OpenAPI/Swagger)
• Containers & Kubernetes: Hands-on with AKS, Helm, autoscaling (KEDA), and container lifecycle management
• API & Security: Azure API Management (APIM), OAuth2/JWT (Okta), rate limiting, and secrets management (Vault)
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps pipelines, automated testing, and environment promotion strategies
• Data: Experience with Snowflake and/or SQL, data modeling, and service-layer data design
• Performance & Reliability: SLO-driven design, caching, resiliency patterns (retry, circuit breaker), and high availability
• Observability: Logging, monitoring, tracing, and alerting for production systems
• Security: Encryption, tokenization, identity controls, and audit logging
• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Strong experience building and operating enterprise-scale microservices
• Proven ability to lead technically across teams and drive best practices
• Experience working in cloud-native environments (Azure preferred)
• Strong communication skills and ability to partner with both technical and business stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience in insurance or financial services (life & annuity preferred)
• Familiarity with domain-driven design (DDD) and enterprise data platforms