Java Backend Engineer

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion. 10+ years of software development experience building and testing applications with secure coding practices including some experience leading development efforts or contributing to architecture Currently hands-on collaboration on a team developing significant commercial software project in cloud native Java Proven proficiency developing in server-side Java and/or Netty applications using mainstream frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Reactor-Core. Current cloud technology experience, preferably AWS (Kubernetes, Fargate, S3, MKS, Lambda, etc) A current working understanding of microservices, event driven techniques, and data pipelines A strong proven proficiency in SQL and NoSQL based data access and management Familiarity with async messaging, logging or queues, such as Kafka, NATS, SQS, RabbitMQ. Recent experience managing PII/secure/sensiive data Demonstrable familiarity with CI/CD process, testing frameworks and practices (CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CLI, etc.) Strong understanding of best design and software engineering practices, design principles and patterns and unit testing. Proficiency in developing easily monitored at the system and business operations level Comfortable in a dynamic environment, with ability and willingness to adapt to various technologies and simultaneously work on multiple projects Comfortable in 1 or more front end skills – Web, iOS or Android Working knowledge of React or Angular frameworks Comfortable in Working with AI tools for development