Senior Backend / Platform Engineer - Java Spring boot + AWS

Senior Backend / Platform Engineer - Java Spring boot + AWS

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend / Platform Engineer with 8+ years of hands‑on experience in designing and building scalable, cloud‑native systems. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and system integrations using APIs and microservices. This role requires deep technical ownership, system design skills, and a strong inclination toward modern DevOps and AI‑assisted development practices.

Technical Skills (Mandatory)

• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Extensive experience with AWS Cloud Services
• Hands‑on expertise in CI/CD pipelines
• Strong system integration experience using APIs, microservices, and cloud services

Detailed Job Requirements

Programming & Backend Development

• Strong experience in one or more programming languages:
• Java / Spring Boot (preferred)
• Python
• JavaScript
• Expertise in building scalable, resilient backend systems

Microservices & DevOps

• Proven experience in microservices architecture
• Strong hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools and practices, including:
• GitHub Actions
• Artifactory
• HashiCorp Vault

Cloud & Containerization

• Experience deploying applications on container orchestration platforms:
• Kubernetes / EKS
• ECS
• Hands‑on experience integrating AWS services such as:
• SQS
• SNS
• Apache Kafka
• AWS networking and compute services (EC2, VPC, Load Balancers)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Experience deploying AWS resources using Infrastructure as Code, including:
• CloudFormation
• Terraform

API & Security

• Proficient in API‑led design using OpenAPI specifications
• Strong experience in REST API implementation
• Proficient in SSO and authentication mechanisms, including:
• OAuth 2.0
• OpenID Connect
• JWT
• SAML

Testing & Quality Engineering

• Experience with test automation frameworks, such as:
• Selenium
• Cucumber / SpecFlow
• Playwright
• Cypress
• Provar
• Strong understanding of:
• Test‑Driven Development (TDD)
• Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD)
• Experience with testing tools and frameworks:
• JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, Maven, .NET
• Provar experience and Salesforce product knowledge are highly desirable

Logging, Monitoring & Observability

• Experience with logging and monitoring frameworks such as:
• Observe
• Obstack
• Prometheus

Agile & Engineering Practices

• Strong understanding of Agile software development methodologies
• Ability to work in fast‑paced, iterative development environments
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills

AI & Modern Developer Tooling (Highly Desirable)

• Strong interest in researching and adopting AI‑assisted development tools
• Active usage of AI coding assistants such as:
• Cursor
• Continue
• GitHub Copilot
• Aider
• Cline
• Knowledge of or hands‑on experience with:
• Anthropic Claude
• Llama
• LiteLLM
• Cursor / Windsurf / Codeium
• Vercel AI
• LangChain / LangGraph
• Hugging Face

S YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.