• 6 months CTH with possibility to extend.
• Candidates MUST live in Cincinnati, OR Charlotte, OR Portland, or Boca Raton.

Job Description

We’re looking for a skilled Backend Developer to join our team, which owns the full DevSecOps responsibilities for four enterprise applications. This role is essential to the long-term support and enhancement of applications that require 24x7 availability. You'll play a key role in the design, development, and maintenance of scalable backend system, especially post go-live.

While this role is primarily backend-focused, experience with front-end development (particularly React) is a plus.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend development experience with Java / Spring Boot

• Strong proficiency with SQL and relational database design

• Hands-on experience with GitHub, Azure, and version control workflows

• Proven ability to build and maintain RESTful APIs

• Experience working within microservices architecture

• Exposure to secure development and DevSecOps environments

• Detail oriented and work well in a team and individually

• Self-starter with strong initiative and ability to work under pressure

• Understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to prioritize work and complete tasks with quick turnaround time

• Excellent organizational, time, and project management skills

• Business-minded approach to time, costs, and deadlines

Nice to Have

• Front-end development experience with React

• Familiarity with container orchestration tools like Rancher or Kubernetes

• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Cassandra

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployment

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and uphold backend engineering best practices in code quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Collaborate with product managers and team leads to design and implement robust backend features
• Partner with internal engineering teams to integrate backend services with client-facing applications
• Design and evolve service frameworks that scale with business and technical needs
• Monitor application performance, identify backend-related issues, and proactively resolve them
• Review backend code, provide constructive feedback, and support future API enhancements
• Assist in the development and support of backend services for web, mobile, and external applications
• Stay up-to-date on emerging backend technologies and incorporate them into the development process where appropriate