Senior Java Developer (REMOTE)
Company Summary
Our client is a large, established retail organization undergoing significant digital transformation across its enterprise platforms and customer-facing technology ecosystem. The company operates at national scale and is investing in modern backend architecture, platform modernization, and scalable engineering solutions that support omnichannel commerce and operational performance. This environment offers the opportunity to work on complex, business-critical systems that directly impact customer experience, platform reliability, and long-term technology evolution.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior Java Developer to join a high-priority engineering initiative focused on building and modernizing enterprise backend services. This role will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable Java-based applications, microservices, and REST APIs that support a large retail and digital commerce ecosystem. The ideal candidate brings deep backend engineering expertise, strong architectural judgment, and experience working in enterprise environments where performance, scalability, integration, and reliability are essential.
Location
• Remote for candidates located in the Eastern or Central Time Zone
• Preference for candidates located in the Dallas-Fort Worth / Plano area
Compensation
• Target total compensation: $130,000-$150,000
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade backend applications using Java and Spring Boot
• Build and enhance microservices-based solutions that support scalable, distributed platform architecture
• Develop, integrate, and maintain RESTful APIs for customer-facing and internal enterprise applications
• Collaborate with engineering, product, platform, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to best practices for backend design, code quality, maintainability, and scalability
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, QA, staging, and production environments
• Support modernization efforts involving legacy platforms, service decomposition, and improved system integration
• Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle
• Ensure solutions are designed for performance, resiliency, observability, and long-term maintainability
Required Qualifications
• 8+ years of backend or software engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, including modern enterprise Java development
• Deep expertise with Spring Boot
• Proven experience designing and building microservices architectures
• Strong experience building and consuming REST APIs
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and backend engineering best practices
• Experience working on scalable enterprise systems in production environments
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and work effectively in cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in retail, ecommerce, digital commerce, or other high-volume consumer platform environments
• Experience integrating backend systems with Content Management Systems
• Exposure to enterprise platform modernization initiatives
• Experience supporting distributed systems, service integrations, and complex backend workflows
• Familiarity with environments involving inventory, order management, fulfillment, catalog, customer, or commerce platform services
Ideal Candidate Profile
• Strong senior-level backend engineer with depth rather than broad but shallow exposure
• Comfortable in large-scale enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders
• Able to speak credibly about system design, architecture decisions, and production support
• Brings a practical, ownership-oriented mindset and can move quickly in a high-visibility role
• Excels in collaborative environments where engineering quality, business impact, and execution speed all matter
Interview Process
• First round with a Lead Java Developer
• Client interview, likely virtual for remote candidates and potentially in person for local candidates