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Photon

Java Backend Engineer-AZ/Remote

Photon · Anthem, Arizona, United States · $40K–$140K/yr

IT Services and IT Consulting · 5,001-10,000 employees

5 h ago
Remote Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Contractor United States
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About the role

Develop and operate Java Spring Boot microservices deployed on Kubernetes. Focus on diagnosing production performance issues, managing CI/CD pipelines, and remediating security vulnerabilities.

What they look for

Java Spring Boot Kubernetes JVM Profiling Heap Analysis Load Testing GitHub Actions CI/CD GitFlow Trunk-Based Development Terraform Helm Charts ArgoCD FluxCD GitHub Copilot Security Vulnerability Remediation

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of Java/Spring Boot experience and 3+ years of Kubernetes operation. Must be proficient in JVM profiling, memory leak diagnosis, and Git-based collaboration workflows.

Benefits

Medical Vision Dental 401k Retirement Plan Variable Pay/Incentives Paid Time Off Paid Holidays

Full description

Must-Haves

  • 5+ years of Java + Spring Boot microservices experience
  • 3+ years deploying and operating services on Kubernetes (GKE or AWS)
  • Hands-on JVM profiling and heap analysis experience
  • Load testing experience
  • Experience diagnosing memory leaks and latency issues in production
  • Experience triaging OOMs and P99 spikes
  • Experience identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities (dependency/CVE scanning, patching)
  • Experience with GitHub pull requests, branch protection rules, and code review workflows
  • Strong understanding of Git branching strategies (GitFlow or Trunk-Based Development)
  • Experience resolving merge conflicts and maintaining release branches
  • Familiarity with GitHub Actions or other CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment

Preferred (Nice to Have)

  • Experience with GitHub Copilot for developer productivity
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code repositories (Terraform, Helm Charts)
  • Experience managing Kubernetes deployment manifests using GitOps (ArgoCD or FluxCD)
  • Experience reviewing performance-related code changes and production hotfixes through GitHub

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 40,000

Maximum Compensation: USD 140,000

Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.

Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.

This position is available for independent contractors

No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post