Senior Backend Java Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Role: Senior Backend Developer

Location: Dallas, TX

Duration: Long Term

We are seeking a  Senior Backend Developer who will design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and platform capabilities. This role combines strong backend engineering with hands-on involvement in release readiness, production deployment, monitoring, and cross-team coordination. You will contribute to high-impact technical decisions, maintain engineering excellence, and help drive smooth, reliable release cycles.

• Partner with technical leaders to contribute to architecture, design frameworks, and roadmap planning.
• Provide engineering guidance during early-stage designs and ensure strong technical execution.
• Build reliable, scalable distributed systems and backend services.
• Lead key technical decisions for high-risk or high-impact initiatives.
• Drive features from prototype to production with end-to-end ownership.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security, digital, and engineering teams.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Take ownership in a remote/hybrid setup and ensure strong communication across teams.
• Identify customer pain points and propose self‑service automation solutions.
• Promote innovation, continuous improvement, and a positive, collaborative team culture.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Strong expertise in  Java, Spring Boot , and  Angular .
• Experience working with  cloud platforms (GCP, Azure) and end-to-end DevOps pipelines.
• Solid foundation in  data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and design patterns .
• 3+ years building and maintaining RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend systems.
• Hands-on experience establishing and maintaining  CI/CD pipelines .
• Strong skills with  relational and/or NoSQL databases .
• Experience coordinating  release cycles , preparing release notes, and ensuring release readiness.
• Experience supporting  production deployments and performing post‑deployment validation.
• Strong understanding of  Agile methodologies and sprint planning.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers.
• High level of ownership and ability to operate with minimal guidance.
• Background in roles combining  development + release/operations .
• Experience with  Application & Performance Monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of  Pub/Sub, Kafka , or other event-driven messaging systems.
• Exposure to  SRE/DevOps practices , including incident management and root-cause analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in  healthcare domains (PBM, NCPDP, HIPAA).

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in  computer science , Engineering, or related field – or equivalent experience.