d.light - Back End Engineer

Client: d.light

Location: Rest of the World, 30, ke

Contract: Freelance

Job Description

This is a remote position. The job holder will be responsible for building scalable backend systems and will work on cloud-native services using Java, Spring Boot 3, AWS, and Apache Kafka, contributing to design, development, and continuous improvement of our platform.

Roles & Responsibilities Include:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot 3.
• Build and consume RESTful APIs with clean, maintainable code.
• Develop event-driven and asynchronous systems using Apache Kafka.
• Deploy and operate services on AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, etc.).
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot production issues and improve system performance and stability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Requirements

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 2–3 years of professional experience in Java backend development.
• Strong knowledge of Java (8+) and Spring Boot 3.
• Experience building REST APIs and working with JSON.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, offsets).
• Experience deploying or operating applications on AWS.
• Solid understanding of SQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or similar).
• Familiarity with Git and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems basics.

Benefits

• Competitive Package.