Software Engineer III - Backend Engineering - Java/Kotlin

Job overview

Job responsibilities

• Use domain modeling techniques to build business products.
• Structure software for understandability, testing, and evolution.
• Build scalable solutions without single points of failure.
• Develop secure code to protect customers and systems.
• Investigate and fix issues and prevent recurrence.
• Deliver releases with zero downtime for end users.
• Optimize data access and storage patterns.
• Monitor and improve application performance.
• Ensure systems are reliable and easy to operate.
• Continuously update technologies and engineering patterns.
• Use authorized AI coding assistants while validating outputs through review, testing, and secure coding practices.
• Apply software development lifecycle tools and AI-assisted automation to improve team effectiveness.

Required qualifications

• Formal training or certification in problem-solving concepts with proficient applied experience.
• Desire to teach others and share knowledge.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, complexity, and new technologies.
• Long-term thinking when selecting technologies and approaches.
• High standards for personal and team performance.
• Strong ethical judgment and ability to maintain trust.
• Ability to take initiative and shape an independent path.
• Pragmatic and iterative approach to long-term goals.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools.
• Ability to evaluate and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Understanding of responsible AI use, data sensitivity, secure handling, resiliency, and security expectations.
• Ability to guide peers on safe and effective AI-assisted engineering practices.

Technology environment

• The platform primarily uses JVM-based languages, including Java and Kotlin.
• The team is cloud native and aims to build a multi-cloud solution.
• The team uses open-source technologies where appropriate and selects technology by problem.
• AI-assisted development and automation tools are part of the software development lifecycle.

About the company and team