# Back End Engineer

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 u

- **Id**: 4225672
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/d-light-back-end-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Nairobi, Kenya
- **Countries**: KE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T07:47:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T07:47:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1414
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Solar Energy

## Company

- **Id**: 177282
- **Name**: d.light
- **Domain**: dlight.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/d-light>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Zoho Recruit

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 59
- **Open postings**: 22
- **Ghost share**: 0.682
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Amazon EC2** — Optional: no
- **Amazon ECS** — Optional: no
- **Amazon EKS** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Git** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **MySQL** — Optional: yes
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T07:47:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T11:39:40Z

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