Senior Java Backend Engineer (AWS Microservices) at High Bridge Consulting LLC in NY-Brooklyn-11201
- Company: High Bridge Consulting LLC
- Location: NY-Brooklyn-11201
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $50.00 - $80.00 per hour
- Experience: 7+ years
Overview
Our client is a 3rd Generation Management Consulting Firm. They are now looking to add to their team and are looking to hire a " Senior Java Backend Engineer (AWS Microservices). This role will be based out of New York, NY, and is 100% Remote.
Job description
- Our client is a 3rd Generation Management Consulting Firm. They are now looking to add to their team and are looking to hire a " Senior Java Backend Engineer (AWS Microservices). This role will be based out of New York, NY, and is 100% Remote.
- We are seeking a Senior Java Backend Engineer to join a platform engineering team building a next-generation self-service platform for application developers. The platform is already in production beta with multiple microservices and requires feature enhancements, scalability improvements, security hardening, and performance optimization.
- This role is ideal for someone with strong experience designing and developing cloud-native microservices using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable Java microservices using Spring Boot
- Develop secure, high-performance REST APIs
- Deploy applications on AWS ECS and Kubernetes
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
- Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CloudFormation
- Collaborate with platform engineers to improve reliability, scalability, and automation
- Integrate monitoring, logging, and application performance tools
- Troubleshoot production issues and optimize application performance
- Follow secure coding standards and best engineering practices
Requirements
- 7+ years of Java backend development
- Strong experience with Java 11/17+
- Expertise in Spring Boot and Microservices Architecture
- Experience designing and developing REST APIs
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (especially ECS)
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized deployments
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
- CI/CD pipeline development using Jenkins
- Git version control (Fork, Pull Request, Code Review workflow)
- Experience with Aurora PostgreSQL
- Strong understanding of secure coding practices and OWASP Top 10
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, and structured logging
- Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Geneos
- Distributed tracing (Jaeger or Zipkin)
- Kafka
- CockroachDB
Skills
Required
- Java backend development
- Java 11/17+
- Spring Boot
- Microservices Architecture
- REST APIs
- AWS services (especially ECS)
- Kubernetes
- Containerized deployments
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- CI/CD pipeline development using Jenkins
- Aurora PostgreSQL
Preferred
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Geneos
- Distributed tracing (Jaeger or Zipkin)
- Kafka
- IBM MQ
- CockroachDB
Benefits
- Compensation: $50.00 - $80.00 per hour
About High Bridge Consulting LLC
High Bridge is a bottom-up consulting firm with more than two decades of experience creating innovative solutions for the technology industry. • We connect thoughtfully curated talent with reputable employers in our field. • We partner with like-minded companies to bolster mutual success and understanding. • We deliver results through strategic planning and meticulous project management. At High Bridge, we believe that success is a measure of results and process, product and person. We are proud to bring integrity and humanity to the work that we do each day. Whether we’re interviewing prospective associates, brainstorming with partners, or troubleshooting with vendors, we pledge our commitment to honesty, transparency, and good humor at every junction.