Java Backend Engineer (SE II)

Who are we?

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

About the team

We are seeking an experienced Full stack Engineer to develop and maintain our API Administration Suite and API Portal. This role focuses on building robust backend services using Java/Spring Boot and creating responsive frontend applications with Angular, while ensuring high performance and scalability.

Core Responsibilities

• Backend Development (50%)
• Design and develop RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot
• Implement API administration and management features
• Create microservices for API platform components
• Integrate with Kong Gateway and Keycloak
• Optimize application performance and scalability
• Implement caching and message queue solutions
• Develop automated test suites
• Frontend Development (30%)
• Build responsive UI components using Angular
• Develop API portal frontend features
• Implement authentication and authorization flows
• Create interactive dashboards and visualizations
• Optimize frontend performance
• Implement responsive design patterns
• Build reusable UI components
• Technical Design & Architecture (20%)
• Design scalable microservices architecture
• Create technical specifications
• Implement security best practices
• Optimize application performance
• Participate in code reviews
• Mentor junior developers
• Document technical solutions

Required Technical Expertise

• Backend Skills
• Java 11+ expertise
• Spring Boot 2.x/3.x
• Spring Security
• Spring Cloud
• RESTful API design
• Microservices patterns
• Kafka/event streaming
• Elasticsearch
• MongoDB
• Unit testing (JUnit, Mockito)
• Frontend Skills
• Angular (2+)
• TypeScript
• RxJS
• NgRx/State Management
• HTML5/CSS3
• Material Design
• Frontend testing (Jasmine, Karma)
• Responsive web design
• Web components

Additional Technical Skills

• Git version control
• CI/CD pipelines
• Docker containerization
• API security patterns
• OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect
• Performance optimization
• Caching strategies
• Monitoring and logging

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of Java development experience
• 3+ years of Angular development experience
• Strong understanding of API design
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (preferably AWS)

About our culture

Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.