Platform Software Engineer

Job#: 3041994

Job Title: Java Platform Engineer

Duration: 12 month contract with potential to extend or convert.

Pay: $60-$75/hr

Location: Dearborn, MI - 4 days onsite, 1 day remote

Join a team responsible for building and supporting large-scale connected technology platforms that process billions of data transactions and support millions of connected devices globally. As a Platform Engineer, you will help design, develop, and maintain the connectivity layer that powers enterprise-scale cloud platforms and digital services. This role is ideal for a software engineer who enjoys building highly scalable microservices, developing API-driven solutions, and implementing automation through modern CI/CD practices.

You will work with Java, cloud-native technologies, containerized applications, event-driven architectures, and platform services that require high availability, reliability, and performance.

The successful candidate will be a collaborative team player with a passion for software engineering, distributed systems, platform reliability, and continuous improvement.

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices using Spring Boot.
• Build and support RESTful APIs and gRPC services that enable communication across enterprise platforms and connected ecosystems.
• Develop scalable, resilient, and secure platform services capable of handling high-volume, real-time data workloads.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds, testing, deployments, and releases.
• Package and deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes environments.
• Develop and support event-driven architectures utilizing Kafka producers and consumers for real-time data processing and messaging.
• Implement security best practices including OAuth2 and JWT-based authentication and authorization.
• Collaborate with architects, product teams, and other engineering groups to design and deliver platform capabilities.
• Participate in code reviews and advocate for software development best practices.
• Write unit, integration, and automated tests while following Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles.
• Monitor production services through logging, metrics, alerting, and performance monitoring tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application, API, infrastructure, and deployment issues across multiple environments.
• Contribute to platform reliability, scalability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Support performance and load testing efforts to ensure platform stability under significant transaction and connectivity volumes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for services, APIs, and platform components.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of experience developing enterprise applications using Java.
• Strong experience building microservices using Spring Boot.
• Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with gRPC-based service architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools and automated deployment practices.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker.
• Experience deploying and supporting applications in Kubernetes environments.
• Experience using Kafka or other event-streaming platforms.
• Knowledge of secure application development practices, including OAuth2 and JWT authentication.
• Experience working with Git and modern source control workflows.
• Understanding of software testing methodologies, including unit and integration testing.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

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