Senior Backend Developer (Java, Spring WebFlux, AWS)
Experience: 6 to 10 Years
Location: [Location/Remote/Hybrid]
Employment Type: Full-Time
About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer to join our engineering team and contribute to the development of a large-scale, cloud-native Dynamic Service Options (DSO) Platform . The role involves building reactive microservices, event-driven workflows, and scalable APIs using modern Java, Spring Boot WebFlux, PostgreSQL, and AWS technologies.
You will work on mission-critical systems responsible for high-volume data ingestion, dataset generation, entitlement management, and API delivery while ensuring performance, reliability, security, and observability across distributed cloud applications.
Key Responsibilities
Backend Development
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance reactive REST APIs using Java 17+,Reactive Spring (WebFlux ), and Spring Boot,
Build fully asynchronous workflows using Project Reactor (Mono/Flux) .
Develop scalable microservices following cloud-native architecture principles.
Implement secure APIs with OAuth2 Resource Server and role-based access controls.
Event-Driven Systems
Develop event-driven solutions using AWS Lambda, SQS FIFO, and EventBridge .
Design resilient message-processing workflows with retries, dead-letter queues, and idempotent processing.
Build background processing jobs with concurrency controls and observability.
Database & Data Engineering
Design and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries.
Work with Spring Data R2DBC and jOOQ for reactive and type-safe database interactions.




Implement database versioning and migrations using Flyway .
Utilize PostgreSQL features including JSONB, partitioning, indexing, and hierarchical data structures.
Cloud & DevOps
Deploy and manage applications on AWS using:
ECS Fargate
Lambda
SQS
Aurora PostgreSQL
S3
Secrets Manager
DynamoDB
CloudWatch
Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation .
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions , Docker, and AWS deployment services.
Observability & Quality
Implement distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry and AWS ADOT .
Create meaningful dashboards and monitoring solutions using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and Grafana.
Write comprehensive unit and integration tests using:
JUnit 5
Mockito
Reactor Test
Spring Boot Test
Ensure high code quality through SonarQube and code review practices.
Required Skills
Core Technologies
Java 17+ with strong understanding of modern Java features.
Spring Boot and Spring WebFlux.
Project Reactor (Mono/Flux, backpressure, error handling, retries).
Spring Security and OAuth2.
Database
PostgreSQL database design and performance tuning.
Reactive database programming with R2DBC.
jOOQ or similar type-safe query frameworks.
Flyway or Liquibase migrations.
AWS & Messaging




AWS Lambda
SQS (FIFO, DLQ, visibility timeout handling)
EventBridge
ECS Fargate
S3
Secrets Manager
IAM
Aurora PostgreSQL
DevOps & CI/CD
Docker & Docker Compose
Git, GitHub Actions
CloudFormation (or Terraform/CDK with willingness to work on CloudFormation)
SonarQube
Desired Experience
6+ years of backend development experience.
3+ years of experience building cloud-native applications on AWS.
Robust understanding of distributed systems concepts:
Event-driven architecture
Idempotency
Eventual consistency
Retry strategies
Fault tolerance
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Preferred Skills
OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Tempo, Loki.
Snowflake or other cloud data warehouse integrations.
Spring Cloud Function.
LocalStack.
Serverless performance optimization.
Azure Entra ID / Enterprise SSO integrations.
OWASP Top 10 and secure coding practices.
What You'll Build
High-volume data ingestion and processing pipelines.
Reactive microservices and API platforms.
Dataset generation and delivery workflows.
Event-driven publish/consume architectures.
Organization and user-level access control systems.
Third-party integrations and orchestration services.
Scalable cloud-native backend platforms running on AWS.
Keywords: Java, Spring Boot, WebFlux, Project Reactor, AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, ECS Fargate, PostgreSQL, R2DBC, jOOQ, Flyway, OpenTelemetry, Docker, GitHub Actions, CloudFormation, Microservices, Reactive Programming, Distributed Systems.

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