Java Developer
TalenerUnited States2 days ago
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We are seeking a Senior Java Engineer to support a large-scale, cloud-native platform within a well-established organization operating at the intersection of technology and digital media. This is a 6-month contract role based in New York City, working in a structured hybrid environment. The ideal candidate is a senior-level backend engineer with deep Java and AWS experience who is comfortable building and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems. U.S. work authorization is required. No visa sponsorship is available at this time.
Job Title: Senior Java Engineer (Contract)
Location: New York City (Hybrid)
Responsibilities
Job Title: Senior Java Engineer (Contract)
Location: New York City (Hybrid)
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java within a modern cloud-based architecture
- Build and maintain RESTful web services, supporting high-availability, distributed systems
- Develop cloud-native applications leveraging core AWS services and containerized environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and platform teams to support system scalability, performance, and reliability
- Contribute to infrastructure automation efforts using infrastructure-as-code tools
- Participate in CI/CD workflows to support reliable and repeatable deployments
- Support database design, query optimization, and performance tuning efforts for enterprise applications
- Strong backend engineering experience with Java in production environments
- Experience building and supporting applications on AWS
- Hands-on experience developing RESTful APIs and backend services
- Working knowledge of Spring / Spring Boot frameworks
- Experience with containerized applications (Docker; ECS or similar)
- Familiarity with infrastructure automation and IaC tools (Terraform preferred)
- Experience supporting cloud-native, distributed systems
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design and scalable application architecture
- Comfort working with relational databases, including query optimization
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment workflows
- Proficiency using Git-based version control in team environments
- Hourly Rate: $85/hour
- Contract Length: 6 months
- Hybrid schedule: 3 days onsite per week in NYC
- Every third week is fully remote
- During onsite weeks, two in-office days are fixed and the third onsite day is flexible and chosen by the engineer
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States — no visa sponsorship available
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