What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer position at Horizontal Talent?
Join a collaborative engineering team focused on modernizing location management and admin functionality through scalable data services and UI components. This remote opportunity is ideal for a senior JVM engineer who enjoys working across microservices, messaging, and APIs to solve complex technical challenges with real business impact.
Responsibilities
Horizontal Talent is committed to fostering a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are valued and respected. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage individuals who bring unique perspectives and experiences to apply.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
Please apply through this online posting or by visiting our Job Board at Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $51 - $89 per hour based on qualifications and experience.
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance data services and user interface components that support location management and admin workflows.
- Contribute to modernization efforts for inbound processing and related platform functionality.
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services in a microservices environment.
- Implement and support REST APIs that integrate with internal systems and consumers.
- Work with messaging platforms to develop reliable producer and consumer solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand dependencies, resolve issues, and deliver features efficiently.
- Write unit tests and participate in automated testing to help ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Work in an agile environment, helping size stories, document work, and support iterative delivery.
- Partner with infrastructure, security, and other technical stakeholders as needed.
- Senior-level experience with Java and Kotlin.
- Strong background in messaging platforms such as Kafka.
- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, including both producer and consumer development.
- Proven experience building and supporting REST APIs.
- Database experience with one or more of the following: Oracle Exadata, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.
- Ability to learn an existing codebase quickly and contribute with limited guidance.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience working in an agile development environment.
- Familiarity with test-driven development and software test automation.
- Experience with modular monorepo architecture.
- Exposure to framework-free codebases.
- Experience with RocksDB.
- Comfort working closely with teams in Central Time business hours.
Horizontal Talent is committed to fostering a workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are valued and respected. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage individuals who bring unique perspectives and experiences to apply.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
Please apply through this online posting or by visiting our Job Board at Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $51 - $89 per hour based on qualifications and experience.
Salary : $51 - $89