Senior Software Engineer – Microservices, MBFF Platform

Jobtailor; Missouri; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices and RESTful GraphQL APIs in a Java + Spring Boot environment.

You will deploy and operate services on Azure (AKS, Cosmos DB, SQL Database), strengthen DevOps practices with CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to architecture, observability, and testing strategies while mentoring other engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Engineering.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Designing and building microservices and RESTful APIs in distributed systems.
• Experience with Azure cloud platforms and containerized deployments.
• Strong DevOps, CI/CD, and automated deployment practices.
• Experience with TDD and testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
• Strong SQL experience (Oracle or PostgreSQL).
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, and event-driven integrations using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build secure, reliable backend services for mobile and enterprise workflows.
• Deploy and operate services on Azure using AKS, API Management, Functions, Cosmos DB, SQL Database.
• Strengthen DevOps with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release governance using Azure DevOps.
• Improve observability with metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards and monitoring tools.
• Define and monitor SLOs/SLAs and operational health indicators.
• Apply AI‑enabled engineering practices to improve productivity and quality.
• Use TDD and robust testing for maintainable software with strong test coverage.
• Partner with product, architecture, security, and dependent teams to deliver aligned solutions.
• Mentor engineers on microservices design, API standards, and DevOps best practices.
• Contribute to architecture docs, runbooks, APIs, and engineering standards across the team.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

GraphQL

Azure

DevOps

CI/CD

TDD

JUnit

Mockito

SQL Databases

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices, REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, and event-driven integrations using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build secure, reliable, and performant backend services that support mobile application experiences and enterprise workflows.
• Deploy and operate services on Azure using AKS, API Management, Functions, Cosmos DB, SQL Database, and related cloud-native services.
• Strengthen DevOps practices by building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, environment consistency, and release governance using Azure DevOps and Git-based workflows.
• Improve system observability through metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, alerting, and service health monitoring using tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Azure Monitor.
• Define, monitor, and continuously improve service reliability through meaningful SLOs, SLAs, and operational health indicators aligned to customer and business expectations.
• Apply AI-enabled engineering practices to improve developer productivity, code quality, operational insight, anomaly detection, incident triage, and capacity awareness.
• Use Test‑Driven Development (TDD) and strong engineering fundamentals to deliver maintainable, well‑tested software with robust unit, integration, and functional test coverage.
• Partner with product, architecture, security, and dependent engineering teams to deliver solutions aligned to business and customer needs.
• Mentor engineers on microservices design, API standards, testing strategy, observability, and DevOps best practices.
• Contribute to architecture documentation, operational runbooks, API documentation, and engineering standards across the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including strong hands‑on development in Java and Spring Boot.
• Proven experience designing and building microservices and RESTful APIs in distributed systems.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, including containerized deployments and managed services.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure‑aware development, and automated deployment practices.
• Experience with Test‑Driven Development (TDD), automated testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito, and modern software engineering best practices.
• Strong experience with SQL databases such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work effectively across teams.