Senior Software Engineer

Kobie; Saint Petersburg (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

9 Company-wide Holidays

Growth & Well-being benefits

Job summary

Kobie, based in Saint Petersburg, FL, seeks an experienced Java/Spring developer to enhance and scale our loyalty platform and related services. You will work across the stack, optimize performance, and collaborate with product owners to meet acceptance criteria.

This role emphasizes building robust microservices, tuning SQL, and advancing SDLC maturity while mentoring teammates and delivering high-quality code.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and developing Java/Spring applications
• 3+ years building RESTful services using JSON
• Experience developing microservice cloud apps on Oracle, AWS, or Azure
• 3+ years writing multi-table SQL (Oracle/PostgreSQL)
• Ability to tune SQL with explain plans
• Familiarity with Agile (Scrum) processes
• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field preferred
• Experience with Loyalty, Accounting, or Banking apps preferred
• Experience with message queues such as RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or Kafka Streams
• Experience building Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters
• Build tools such as Bitbucket/Git, Gradle, Bamboo preferred

Responsibilities

• Make rapid improvements to the Java/Angular codebase to resolve production problems
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks
• Help establish a more mature SDLC
• Gain knowledge and control of loyalty platform integration points (live APIs, batch, queue processing)
• Participate in design sessions with product owners and team members
• Maintain configuration and business-logic documentation
• Mentor and assist other team members
• Promote good coding practices and patterns
• Set accurate time estimates and scope for tasks and projects
• Fill information gaps to complete work
• Develop simple solutions to complex problems
• Suggest innovative process or component improvements
• Collaborate effectively with other groups and third parties

Skills

Java & Spring

RESTful services

Microservices

SQL queries

SQL tuning

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git (Bitbucket/Git)

Gradle

Bamboo

Job description

Benefits

• Flexible Time Off to recharge when needed
• 9 Company-wide Holidays
• A diverse suite of benefits prioritizing your growth, development, and personal well‑being

Responsibilities

• Make rapid improvements to existing Java/Angular Code base to solve production problems
• Identify and solve performance bottlenecks
• Help institute a more mature SDLC
• Gain knowledge and control of our loyalty platform integration points (live API's, Batch, Queue based processing)
• Participate in design sessions; work with product owners and team members to solve acceptance criteria
• Build and maintain all configuration and business logic rule documentation
• Assist other team members through coaching and mentoring
• Promote and demonstrate good coding practice and patterns for the team
• Set accurate time estimates and scope of work for tasks and/or projects assigned to you
• Fill information gaps as needed to accomplish gaps
• Develop simple solutions to complex problems
• Suggest innovative new ways to improve processes and/or components of work
• Effectively work with other groups and third parties

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and developing applications and components using Java and Spring (Prefer JDK 11+ with Spring Boot)
• 3+ years of experience developing RESTful services using JSON
• Experience developing microservice cloud applications (Oracle, AWS, or Azure)
• 3+ years of experience developing SQL multi-table queries, inserts, and updates (Prefer Oracle / PostgreSQL)
• Experience tuning SQL statements with execution explain plans
• Familiarity with Agile (e.g., Scrum Process)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field is preferred
• Experience developing Loyalty, Accounting, or Banking applications preferred
• Message Queues (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka Streams) preferred
• Building Docker containers and configuring Kubernetes clusters (kubectl, Docker for Desktop) preferred
• Build Management tools (Bitbucket/Git, Gradle, Bamboo) preferred

Employment at Kobie is based solely on an individual's merit and qualifications, which are directly related to professional competence. We do not discriminate against any teammate or applicant because of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.