Java Software Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer (Cloud & eCommerce)

Remote Working

12-Month Contract

Up to $40 per hour

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in cloud-native architectures, backend scalability, and eCommerce platforms. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining critical backend systems, ensuring performance, security, and reliability. This position requires deep technical expertise in backend engineering, cloud technologies, and best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, and system observability.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable, cloud-native backend services, supporting both monolithic and microservices architectures.
• Lead and contribute to Architecture Decision Records, driving best practices in backend design.
• Ensure seamless integration of platform-level systems (PIM, ERP, Commerce, CMS, Marketing) with backend services.
• Optimize and maintain CI/CD pipelines, environment configurations, and feedback loops to improve development efficiency.
• Evaluate and implement backend tooling, frameworks, and automation for quality assurance and performance.
• Provide technical consultancy on backend technology stacks, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance.
• Drive eCommerce and cloud platform-wide initiatives, including disaster recovery, availability planning, and logging strategies.
• Define and maintain metrics and dashboards for backend performance tracking (SLAs, SLOs, SLIs, Golden Signals).

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in backend engineering for eCommerce platforms (SAP Commerce Cloud, Magento, Mirakl, Punchouts, etc.).
• Strong proficiency in Java and frameworks such as Spring Boot.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS, Google Cloud) and cloud-native best practices.
• Expertise in containerization and orchestration (Docker, ContainerD, Kubernetes) and artifact management tools (Artifactory, GCR, ACR, ECR).
• Strong knowledge of REST, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures (Pub/Sub, Kafka).
• Experience with APM, distributed tracing, and monitoring tools (AWS CloudWatch, EFK/ELK, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic).
• Solid understanding of authentication & authorization (OAuth2, Spiffe’s, Authz, Authn).
• Exposure to frontend technologies (JavaScript, ReactJS, NextJS, TailwindCSS, HTML, CSS) is a plus but not required.
• Proficiency in diagramming and architectural tools (Miro, Diagrams.net, Figjam, Mermaid.JS).

If you're passionate about backend architecture, cloud scalability, and high-performance systems, we'd love to hear from you!