Java Software Engineer

We are Photon, one of the world's largest Digital Platform Engineering companies providing a combination of Strategy Consulting, Creative Design and Technology Services to a wide range of customers. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 companies.

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Location:

Irving, Tampa

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services.
• Develop reusable and maintainable code following clean architecture and coding best practices.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, frontend developers, QA, and Dev Ops teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and data access layers.
• Implement API security using OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect, and other authentication mechanisms.
• Integrate with third-party services, messaging systems, and enterprise applications.
• Develop unit, integration, and API tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture decisions.
• Troubleshoot production issues, optimize application performance, and support deployments.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–8+ years of experience in Java backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Java 11/17 and object-oriented programming principles.
• Extensive experience with Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Security.
• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience with Hibernate/JPA and relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.
• Knowledge of No
  
  SQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience with API documentation using Swagger/OpenAPI.
• Familiarity with messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience using Git and modern CI/CD tools.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments.
• Experience implementing event-driven and distributed architectures.
• Knowledge of caching technologies such as Redis or Hazelcast.
• Exposure to GraphQL is a plus.
• Understanding of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Splunk.

• Testing: JUnit, Mockito, REST Assured