Backend Engineer - Java

<p><p class=""><b>About the Role : </b><br/><br/>Were hiring experienced backend engineers who can design and build high-performance systems in Java.<br/><br/>Youll work closely with product and infra teams to shape APIs, architect services, and solve real-world scaling problems.<br/><br/>This isnt just about writing Java its about owning systems end-to-end, thinking in latency budgets, and keeping things simple even when its hard.<br/><br/>If youre someone who values clarity, concurrency, and clean interfaces this might be your kind of team.<br/><br/><b>What You'll Do : </b><br/><br/></p><p class="">- Design and build backend services and APIs using Java.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Own large pieces of systems architecture from shaping the model to rollout.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Write clean, testable, idiomatic Java code.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Profile, benchmark, and optimize performance bottlenecks.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Collaborate with product, design, infra, and frontend teams.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Contribute to code reviews, mentoring, and shaping technical culture.<br/><br/><b>What We Look For : </b><br/><br/></p><p class="">- 3+ years of backend experience, with at least 2+ years in Java.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Strong grasp of concurrency, system design, and performance fundamentals.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Ability to work across API, infra, and DB layers.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Familiarity with containers (Docker), cloud (GCP/AWS), and CI/CD workflows.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Prior experience with distributed systems or event-driven architectures is a plus.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Clear thinking, thoughtful abstractions, and a bias toward shipping.<br/><br/><b>Nice to Have :</b><br/><br/></p><p class="">- Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similar.<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Exposure to observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).<br/><br/></p><p class="">- Open-source contributions or side projects in Java.<br/></p><br/></p> (ref:hirist.tech)