Senior Java Developer

Description

Trax USA Corp is seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer to join our Development team supporting a Tier 1 customer. In this role, you will design and develop robust backend systems that power mission-critical aviation software solutions. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, scalable services while helping drive engineering best practices and code quality across the organization.

As a Senior Java Developer, you will collaborate closely with internal product, engineering, and quality teams to design, implement, and support backend services in a modern, distributed architecture. You will also contribute to mentoring, technical standards, and continuous improvement of our Java development ecosystem.

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using modern Java frameworks and tools in a microservices environment.
• Develop secure, high-performance, and scalable code to support mission-critical business processes.
• Build and support event-driven and asynchronous processing within distributed systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, QA, and operations teams to align technical solutions with product and business objectives.
• Contribute to the evolution of Java development best practices, coding standards, tooling, and code review processes.
• Serve as a technical mentor by providing guidance, knowledge sharing, and peer reviews to help elevate team capabilities.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and monitor backend systems to ensure reliability, performance, and operational stability in production environments.
• Ensure adherence to security standards, data privacy requirements, and industry compliance standards across all code and system components.
• Participate in architecture discussions and provide technical input on system design and scalability.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on Java development experience, with a strong focus on backend service design and implementation.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented design, SOLID principles, functional programming concepts, and common design patterns.
• Proven experience designing and building RESTful services, backend APIs, and asynchronous or event-driven processing within distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in modern Java frameworks and ecosystems (e.g., Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Hibernate/JPA, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, scalable, and secure Java code suitable for mission-critical production systems.
• Experience with relational databases, data modeling, and performant data access patterns.
• Proven ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues, including performance bottlenecks and system reliability concerns.
• Experience monitoring and supporting backend systems in production environments with a focus on stability, resilience, and observability.
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments and contributing to continuous improvement in development practices and team processes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills when working with cross-functional teams such as product, QA, operations, and support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in microservices-based architectures and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native or microservice-friendly frameworks (e.g., Quarkus, Micronaut).
• Familiarity with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing practices, and modern build/deployment…