• Design, implement, and operate backend services in Java (Spring Boot) that powerdata aggregation, rendering, and customer delivery.
• Integrate with Apache Kafka and GCP Pub/Sub for event-driven data flows;consume, transform, and cache data from upstream data points in a reliable andrecoverable manner.
• Build and maintain public APIs and automated document delivery pipelines (pushto customer servers, on-demand retrieval).
• Contribute to the document rendering architecture, keeping it extensible for bothstandard and custom, client-specific documents, and actively pushing documentsout rather than only exposing them passively.
• Develop the internal frontend tooling required by the team and its products; helpdefine the frontend stack as the team evolves.
• Write SQL and work with relational databases, including query optimization and schema design for reporting workloads.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevOps practices within the team.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, promote engineering best practices, andcontribute to code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate reporting requirements intoreliable technical solutions, and explain complex technical trade-offs back to themin plain language
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Your Profile

Must Have

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend focus.
• Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, including production-grade service design.
• Solid experience with Apache Kafka (or comparable event streaming platforms).
• Experience designing and operating services on a major public cloud (GCP, AWS, or Azure); cloud-agnostic mindset, ability to transfer skills across providers. Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with relational databases.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Practical fullstack ability: comfortable building internal tooling / lightweight frontends; frontend framework can be defined together with the team.
• Track record of designing scalable, resilient systems and taking features from concept to production.
• A proactive mindset: you spot gaps and opportunities before they're handed to you, and you act on them.
• A strong drive for teamwork: you collaborate across functions, share context generously, and lift the people around you rather than optimizing solo.
• The ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and make trade-offs legible to the business
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, mentoring mindset.
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Nice to have

• Experience with GCP in particular (Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage / buckets).
• Working knowledge of Python (the team has Python components).
• Working knowledge of TypeScript.
• Experience with document generation / rendering pipelines (PDF, XLS/CSV, templated reports).
• Familiarity with the financial domain, index data, or reporting for financial ins