Software Development Engineer – AI Focus

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and manage production-quality Java microservices utilizing Java 21 or higher alongside Spring Boot 3.

• Collaborate with internal subject-matter experts and an external vendor to break down legacy Java and SQL monolithic functionalities into independently deployable, domain-focused services.

• Take ownership of the resulting domain services, guiding architecture, reliability, and continuous evolution following the conclusion of vendor involvement.

• Modernize outdated code and processes, and challenge existing methodologies where more effective solutions are available.

• Create and sustain secure RESTful APIs employing Spring Boot and API-first design principles.

• Implement event-driven integrations utilizing Azure Service Bus or similar messaging systems.

• Design and oversee data access layers using JPA/Hibernate, JDBC, and relational databases such as Azure SQL or Microsoft SQL Server.

• Develop automated unit, integration, API contract, regression, and end-to-end tests through TDD and shift-left quality practices.

• Utilize AI coding agents and AI-assisted engineering tools to produce, refactor, test, document, and troubleshoot software while reviewing and taking responsibility for the final output.

• Containerize and deploy services using Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service, or Azure Container Apps.

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, service configuration, secrets management, observability, and production support.

• Monitor application performance, availability, and reliability; engage in incident response and continuous improvement efforts.

• Work closely with product, architecture, platform, security, QA, and business-domain teams to deliver comprehensive solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 5 years of professional software engineering experience, with significant hands-on involvement in developing Java applications.

• Strong proficiency with Java 21 or higher and contemporary Java development practices.

• Extensive hands-on experience using AI-assisted software engineering tools or coding agents, particularly Claude Code.

• Solid hands-on experience with Spring, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, and REST API development.

• Experience in modernizing or migrating monolithic applications to microservices or cloud-native architectures.

• Familiarity with relational databases, SQL, data modeling, transactions, and performance optimization.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, and other comparable integration or contract-testing tools.

• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes; experience with Azure Kubernetes Service is preferred.

• Practical experience with cloud platforms, ideally Azure.

• Knowledge of CI/CD, Git, Maven or Gradle, and deployment automation.

• Ability to assess AI-generated code for accuracy, security, maintainability, performance, and test coverage.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and end-to-end ownership skills.

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies is preferred.

• Experience in payments, fintech, banking, insurance, or other regulated industries is preferred.

• Understanding of payment processing, ledgers, settlement, ACH, cards, KYC, fraud controls, PCI, auditability, and sensitive data protection is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for annual bonuses.

• Comprehensive medical insurance.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision insurance.

• Wellness benefits.

• 401(k) matching program.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Flexibility to work from anywhere.

• Generous parental leave policy.

• Committees focused on mental and physical wellness.

• Programs promoting diversity, inclusion, and community outreach.