Software Engineer

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate and resolve customer-reported defects in a timely and efficient manner.

• Perform routine system maintenance, including:

o Upgrading Java versions, frameworks, and third-party libraries.

o Refactoring outdated components for stability and security.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and ensure high availability and reliability of the system in

production.

• Collaborate with internal teams (support, operations, product) to understand issues and

propose solutions.

• Contribute to technical documentation and handoffs.

• Implement and maintain automated tests and CI/CD pipelines where possible to

support safe changes.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Java, including support and maintenance of legacy

codebases.

• Strong familiarity with AWS services, especially EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM.

• Experience debugging production issues in distributed systems.

• Proficient in version control (Git) and working within agile or semi-structured

workflows.

• Comfortable analyzing logs, metrics, and application behavior in live environments.

• Strong communication skills and self-motivation to operate independently in a contractor

role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform).

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CodePipeline.

• Understanding of security best practices for Java and AWS environments.

• Prior experience modernizing or migrating legacy systems.