About this role
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead the design and development of scalable full-stack applications using Java (Spring Boot) for the backend and React with TypeScript on the frontend
- Define system architecture patterns for distributed systems, ensuring resilience, scalability, and maintainability
- Develop and optimize RESTful APIs, microservices, and integration with messaging systems like Kafka, Solace, or Azure Event Hub
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Champion best practices in code quality, CI/CD, testing, and performance optimization
- Guide junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
- Participate in architecture reviews, system design discussions, and capacity planning
What You Bring to the Table:
- Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, and React / TypeScript in production systems
- Deep understanding of system design principles, distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud-native patterns
- Experience integrating with event-driven architectures using Kafka, Solace, or similar
- Strong knowledge of API security, identity management, and performance tuning
- Exposure to relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (Couchbase, MongoDB, etc.) databases
- Comfort working in Agile environments, collaborating across teams, and influencing stakeholders
- Ability to balance hands-on development with architectural decision-making
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of full stack development experience with emphasis on Java, Spring Boot, and React
- 2+ years designing distributed, event-driven systems
- Hands-on experience working in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Proficiency with microservices, REST APIs, message queues, and streaming technologies
- Experience with Micro Frontend, Headless Commerce platforms, or API gateways
- Proven experience building scalable, distributed applications in an enterprise environment.
- Solid knowledge of databases, APIs, and modern development best practices.
Tired of cold applications?
Sign up with Clera and we'll reach out the moment a role actually fits you — no more spraying applications into the void.
Know someone who'd be great for this?