Java Spring Boot Lead | US

Client is enhancing its digital, e-commerce, loyalty, and customer engagement platforms to better serve retail and professional customers. We are seeking a Senior Java Spring Boot Engineer/Lead with strong experience in backend engineering and Marketing Technology (MarTech) integration to help modernize and scale customer communication ecosystem.

This role will work closely with digital, marketing, CRM, and omnichannel teams to deliver high-performance services that power email, SMS, and customer engagement experiences across millions of users.

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Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain Java Spring Boot microservices supporting the customer engagement, loyalty, and marketing platforms.
• Implement and integrate SMS and Email delivery systems to support order updates, loyalty notifications, marketing campaigns, and transactional messages.
• Develop secure and scalable REST APIs used across customer’s retail, e-commerce, and professional service systems.
• Collaborate with marketing, CRM, loyalty, and digital product teams to implement event-driven customer communication workflows.
• Build cloud-native solutions leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and customer’s cloud architecture standards.
• Work with messaging frameworks (Kafka / Pub/Sub) to support real-time communication events.
• Participate in system design, architecture reviews, performance tuning, and production support.
• Ensure compliance with customer’s data governance, privacy, and security standards for customer communications.

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Required Skills & Experience
• 10+ years of hands-on development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience integrating SMS and Email platforms (e.g., Twilio, SendGrid, Braze, Adobe Campaign, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, or equivalent).
• Strong REST API development experience with high-performance, high-volume systems.
• Experience working in cloud environments, preferably GCP (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, IAM).
• Solid understanding of SQL/noSQL databases, caching, and distributed system design.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), Kubernetes, and DevOps tools.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and production support skills.

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Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in retail, e-commerce, or loyalty program technologies.
• Knowledge of marketing automation, campaign orchestration, and customer segmentation tools.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, real-time notifications, and large-scale messaging systems.
• Exposure to API governance and secure coding practices aligned with enterprise standards.

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Education
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 48,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 168,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post