Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerRequired Education: • HS Diploma or Equivalent Preferred Education: • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant IT or engineering discipline Required Qualifications: • Strong hands-on experience with Kotlin and Micronaut • Experience with vanilla Kotlin and Java/Spring Boot. • Strong experience building and supporting APIs, API platforms, and GraphQL. • Experience with Kafka and PostgreSQL • Production experience with large-scale data/file processing and batch processing. • Production implementation experience with caching solutions • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot. • Strong automated testing and Agile development experience Preferred Qualifications: • Agentic AI experience, including production-ready AI agents. • Conversational AI experience, particularly for guest/customer service use cases. • Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into enterprise applications. • Experience building applications in PCI-compliant environments We are looking for a hands-on Backend Engineer to build and support scalable backend services for our credit card platform (which includes an API platform, file processing platform, real-time events, and file transfer platform). Responsibilities: • Design, develop, test, and deploy production-grade backend services. • Build and support API platform capabilities, including REST APIs and GraphQL. • Develop solutions for large-volume data, large files, and batch processing. • Build event-driven solutions using Kafka. • Implement scalable caching solutions and optimize application performance. • Work with product, infrastructure, security, and other engineering teams in an Agile environment.**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.****Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**