Senior Software Engineer II: IAM Microservices on AWS

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance our Web Access Management platform. You will own backend services in Java/Spring/Micronaut and contribute to frontend work in Angular/TypeScript, while aligning with IAM and security standards.

You will help replatform legacy Spring/Jetty services to cloud-native Micronaut on AWS, build secure APIs, and participate in design reviews, testing, and CI/CD automation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required.
• Strong proficiency in Java / J2EE with Spring Framework / Spring Boot and/or Micronaut.
• Experience designing and building microservices and RESTful APIs; familiarity with clean/hexagonal architecture and SOLID principles.
• Proficiency in frontend development with JavaScript/TypeScript and a modern framework (Angular preferred); HTML5, CSS3, JSP.
• Proficient with relational databases (Oracle and/or PostgreSQL) and SQL; NoSQL (DynamoDB) a plus.
• Understanding of data modelling, cloud (AWS) and Terraform; IaC.
• Experience with Docker and web servers (Apache, NGINX); Linux/UNIX.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, MFA and identity federation; OWASP.
• Strong Git skills, DevOps practices, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Gradle).
• TDD and code coverage (Jacoco, SonarQube); Cypress for e2e tests.
• Ability to write and review specifications and bug fixes; collaborate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Interface with product managers, architects, and engineers to finalize requirements for identity, entitlement, authentication, and access-token services.
• Write and review detailed specifications and design documents for system components of moderate complexity.
• Translate requirements into scalable software designs with moderate complexity.
• Design, implement, and unit-test backend services (Java / Spring / Micronaut) and frontend components (Angular / TypeScript).
• Contribute to replatforming legacy services to Micronaut microservices in AWS; apply clean architecture and SOLID.
• Build and maintain secure RESTful APIs across OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and MFA flows.
• Apply secure coding best practices, code reviews, and quality gates (SonarQube, Jacoco).
• Author unit, integration, and end-to-end tests (JUnit, Mockito, Cypress); support CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Gradle).
• Work in Agile or Waterfall environments; collaborate with stakeholders; resolve issues and bugs.
• Stay updated on IAM, cloud, and application security trends.

Skills

Java / J2EE

Spring Framework / Spring Boot

Micronaut

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Angular

JavaScript / TypeScript

HTML5 / CSS3

JSP

SQL (Oracle / PostgreSQL)

NoSQL (DynamoDB)

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Apache / NGINX

Linux/UNIX

OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect / SAML / MF

Identity federation

OWASP

Git

Gradle / Maven

npm

TDD / test coverage

CI/CD tooling

Agile / Waterfall

Education

BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

Angular

Terraform

Docker

Git

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance our Web Access Management platform. You will own backend services in Java/Spring/Micronaut and contribute to frontend work in Angular/TypeScript, while aligning with IAM and security standards.

You will help replatform legacy Spring/Jetty services to cloud-native Micronaut on AWS, build secure APIs, and participate in design reviews, testing, and CI/CD automation.