Backend Engineer (US Eastern Time Zone)

Summary

MDOTM is a global leader in AI-driven investment solutions, seeking a Java Software Engineer to join their Engineering team. The role involves contributing to the development and optimization of their high-performance Spring Boot backend, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable Spring Boot application
• Implement clean, modular, and testable Java code
• Contribute to design and implement features following relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases
• Implement and follow best practices in software architecture, leveraging Layered Architecture, DDD, or Event-Driven design
• Troubleshoot and optimize backend performance and security
• Work with DevOps teams to improve CI/CD automation and deployment processes

Skills

• Experience in Java & Spring Boot (microservices, REST APIs)
• Proficiency with SQL & NoSQL databases
• Experience with software architecture patterns (Layered Architecture, DDD, Event-Driven Design)
• Experience with TDD and testing best practices in Spring Boot (JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers)
• Experience with messaging systems (ActiveMQ, Kafka)
• Good knowledge of English (both written and spoken)
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex problems and solutions to different stakeholders
• Experience with modern API communication (GRPC, GraphQL, REST)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Experience with AWS, especially EC2, S3
• Hands-on experience with Docker & Kubernetes for containerized application deployment and management
• Security best practices for backend applications (knowledge of ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 8.28 is a plus)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Experience in Java & Spring Boot (microservices, REST APIs)
• Proficiency with SQL & NoSQL databases
• Experience with software architecture patterns (Layered Architecture, DDD, Event-Driven Design)
• Experience with TDD and testing best practices in Spring Boot (JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers)
• Experience with messaging systems (ActiveMQ, Kafka)
• Good knowledge of English (both written and spoken)
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex problems and solutions to different stakeholders

Nice to Haves

• Experience with modern API communication (GRPC, GraphQL, REST)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Experience with AWS, especially EC2, S3
• Hands-on experience with Docker & Kubernetes for containerized application deployment and management
• Security best practices for backend applications (knowledge of ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 8.28 is a plus)

Benefits

• Competitive salary & trulyflexible work environment.
• Benefit from an unlimited learning and development budget to stay at the bleeding edge of AI research, alongside a fast-track path into technical leadership or principal research roles.
• Collaborate daily with anultra-international team(18+ nationalities) spread across our offices in Milan, London and New York.
• Annualcompany retreatat a stunning location.
• Fast-trackcareer progression, with opportunities to grow into leadership roles.