Java Backend Engineer :: Hybrid :: W2 Position

Back End Engineer III
Location: Atlanta, GA
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote
Experience: 10+ Years
Job Summary
We are looking for a highly experienced Back End Engineer III with 10+ years of hands-on software development experience. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in backend/full-stack engineering, distributed systems, cloud technologies, and scalable application development.
This is a hands-on engineering role with approximately 80–90% coding. Candidates should have strong recent development experience and should not be primarily focused on management or high-level architecture.
Required Technical Skills
Programming

• Strong experience with Java/J2EE
• Experience with Go
• Strong SQL skills
• Excellent understanding of Object-Oriented Programming
• Strong coding and software engineering practices

Cloud Technologies
Experience with one or both:

• AWS
• Google Cloud Platform

Preferred AWS services:

• EC2
• S3
• RDS

Distributed Systems & Scalability

• Strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms
• Distributed systems
• Scalable and highly available architectures
• High-volume applications
• Performance optimization and reliability

Architecture & Backend Development

• Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• REST APIs
• gRPC
• Web services
• Backend architecture
• Technical design and architecture
• Modern application architecture frameworks

Containers
Preferred experience with:

• Docker
• Kubernetes

AI / Machine Learning Experience
Experience working with modern AI technologies and tools is required.
Candidates should have experience with:

• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Prompt Engineering
• Python
• Dialogflow
• AI/ML model integration
• AI-assisted development tools
• Integrating AI/ML capabilities into backend applications or user-facing experiences