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Backend Software Developer

The Ceres Group
Burlington, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/29/2026
Title: Software Engineer -Backend
Summary:
Develop microservices for our global platform as a member of an agile scrum
team reporting to a Team Lead.
Responsibilities:
Work under minimal supervision to analyze, design, develop, test, and debug enhancements
to Java-based microservices hosted on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).
Collaborate with Business Analysts and Product Managers to turn business requirements into
working and sustainable software.
Participate in the design of product architecture within the team?s scope of responsibility.
Provide thoughtful insight and suggestions in code reviews.
Write unit and automation tests, and conduct manual tests, to ensure a high-quality end
product.
Contribute to written design and API documentation, and participate in the customer
documentation process.
Actively participate in the agile software development process by adhering to the scrum
methodology, including attending all daily standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and
retrospectives.
Participate in cross-team group activities to complete assignments.

Experience:
6 years developing web applications or services in Java.
2 years developing cloud-based microservices hosted in Kubernetes.
1 years developing applications or services with Spring or Spring Boot.
2 years developing applications or services using SQL and JPA (or equivalent ORM).
1 years developing applications or services using Kafka Streams?Spring Cloud Stream a
plus.
2 years developing unit, integration and functional tests with Cucumber, JUnit, or equivalent
automated test framework.
3 years writing design documents for new applications, services and features.
2 years working in a large corporate setting on enterprise web products.
1 years working in an agile/scrum environment.

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