Backend Engineer (Java)

San Jose, United States | Posted on 12/31/2025

MUST-HAVE

Experience building scalable RESTful APIs

Hands-on experience with: Java, Spring Boot & Microservices

Experience working on: Observability, Monitoring & Instrumentation andalerting

Experience improving: Performance, Resiliency & Uptime of SLA-criticalAPIs

Knowledge of cloud-native and distributed systems

Experience with databases: DynamoDB OR Other SQL / NoSQL databases, Includingschema design and query optimization

Experience with observability / monitoring tools: Grafana, Prometheus &Splunk

Strong fundamentals in: Computer science, Data structures, Algorithms, Large-scalesystem design

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Exp building and operating production-grade web applications

Good problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills, Good communicationand collaboration skills

Ability to collaborate with engineers across Payments and Commerce teams

Ability to contribute to shared frameworks, libraries, and engineeringstandards

Good to have

Experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS for creatingresponsive, modern UIs.

Requirements

Rolesand Responsibilities

We are looking for a Backend Engineer who can work in a fast-paced,customer-focused environment to help us build building scalable, secure, and high-performancesystems.

The ideal candidate has good technical depth in backend technologies.

Responsibilities

Work to continue to build on our scalable RESTful APIs using Java, SpringBoot, and microservices.

Work on initiatives for observability, monitoring, and reliability througheHective instrumentation and alerting practices.

Work on initiatives for performance and resiliency of SLA-critical APIs,ensuring optimal response times and uptime.

Collaborate with engineers in the Payments and larger Commerce team asneeded.

Contribute to shared frameworks, libraries, and engineering standards thatenhance code quality and reusability.

What You Need to Succeed

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, withfew years of experience building and operating full-stack, production-grade webapplications.

Strong fundamentals in computer science, data structures, algorithms, andlarge-scale system design.

Good expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful web services, and microservicesarchitecture.

Knowledge in cloud-native and distributed systems - DynamoDB or otherSQL/NoSQL databases — including schema design and query optimization.

Experience in observability and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus,Splunk).

Good problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.

Good communication and collaboration abilities

Bonus Points, but not essential for this role as our team is full stack

Experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS for creatingresponsive, modern UIs.

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