Software Developer

Job Title: Software Developer (Java Backend) with DevOps

Location: Cupertino, CA, USA

Type: Contract

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable backend services and microservices.
• Build robust APIs and distributed systems capable of supporting large-scale workloads.
• Develop, deploy, and optimize cloud-native applications utilizing AWS services.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software releases.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure teams, SREs, security teams, and other stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot production issues and conduct root cause analysis for complex system challenges.
• Improve system reliability, observability, scalability, and performance.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Contribute to engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

What You Will Bring:

Required Qualifications Backend Development

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Strong programming expertise in Java (preferred), Python, Go, or JavaScript.
• Extensive experience developing backend applications and RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Design principles and design patterns.
• Experience building distributed systems and high-availability architectures.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting skills.

DevOps & Cloud

• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Strong experience with Docker and containerization technologies.
• Experience deploying and managing applications using Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodeDeploy, ArgoCD, or similar platforms.
• Infrastructure automation experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.

Database & Messaging

• Experience working with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar relational databases.
• Hands-on experience with Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of data modeling and performance optimization.

Software Engineering Practices

• Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture.
• Knowledge of secure coding principles and application security practices.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Service Mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd) is considered a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with Apple or other leading product-based organizations.
• Experience supporting large-scale internet-facing applications.
• Experience with Big Data technologies such as Spark, Flink, MPP platforms, or Data Warehousing.
• Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience with frontend technologies and UI development.
• Experience integrating AI/ML platforms and services.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Product company engineering background.
• SaaS platform experience.
• Internet-scale systems experience.
• Startup engineering environment experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd)
• Kafka Streaming
• Redis Caching
• Spark/Flink
• Terraform
• SRE/Platform Engineering
• Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent observability platforms

Thanks & Regards Abid Email-| md.abid@zenithinfotek.com Contact: +1-469-848-8767