Java Backend Engineer

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a leader in AI-powered software engineering, helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with Global 2000 clients across North America, UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI™ (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascendion.com Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

· Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands

· Solve complex problems - and learn new skills

· Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients

· Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

• 10+ years of software development experience building and testing applications with secure coding practices including some experience leading development efforts or contributing to architecture
• Currently hands-on collaboration on a team developing significant commercial software project in cloud native Java
• Proven proficiency developing in server-side Java and/or Netty applications using mainstream frameworks such as Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Reactor-Core.
• Current cloud technology experience, preferably AWS (Kubernetes, Fargate, S3, MKS, Lambda, etc)
• A current working understanding of microservices, event driven techniques, and data pipelines
• A strong proven proficiency in SQL and NoSQL based data access and management
• Familiarity with async messaging, logging or queues, such as Kafka, NATS, SQS, RabbitMQ.
• Recent experience managing PII/secure/sensiive data
• Demonstrable familiarity with CI/CD process, testing frameworks and practices (CodeCommit, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CLI, etc.)
• Strong understanding of best design and software engineering practices, design principles and patterns and unit testing.
• Proficiency in developing easily monitored at the system and business operations level
• Comfortable in a dynamic environment, with ability and willingness to adapt to various technologies and simultaneously work on multiple projects
• Comfortable in 1 or more front end skills - Web, iOS or Android
• Working knowledge of React or Angular frameworks
• Comfortable in Working with AI tools for development