Backend Developer
About Your Role:
We are looking for a Java Developer to be part of our expanding tech organization. You’ll participate in and help develop the next generation of our workflow engine, user authentication and the core APIs that drive our publishing and web platforms at one of the largest and fastest-growing online publishers.
About Your Contributions:
- Improve and maintain the design and architecture of our backend services
- Develop and maintain robust and performant software while working in a team and taking ownership of your individual contributions
- Participate in code reviews and help ensure that code quality stays high.
- Partner closely with other developers, product managers, and agile coaches to build working APIs and platforms that serve as the foundation of Dotdash.
- Keep up with new technologies and approaches to solve problems and improve existing systems while sharing and advocating for technologies that are relevant to tasks at hand
- Contribute to the identification and prioritization of technical debt.
About You:
- 2+ years in a backend or full stack web development position
- Knowledge of modern Java and concurrency mechanisms
- Experience with REST and/or GraphQL architectures, distributed caching, and application performance tuning
- Awareness of HTTP services and other technologies underpinning web servers.
- Insight into system design and architecture fundamentals
- Understanding of agile SDLCs and CI/CD as well as a test driven mindset
- Interested in researching new technologies and approaches to address business needs
- Love of working with others in achieving common goals
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related technical field or foreign equivalent
- Candidates experienced with the following are highly desirable
- Keycloak, OAuth and OpenID Connect
- BPMN workflow engines like Flowable or Activiti
- Kotlin
- GCP or AWS is preferred or any Cloud providers
- Spring Framework
- Micro services Architecture
About Us:
Dotdash brands help people find answers, solve problems, and get inspired. We reach over 90 million people each month, more than 35% of the U.S. online population, according to comScore, and are one of the largest content publishers on the Internet. Dotdash brands collectively have won more than 50 industry awards in the last year alone, and are among the fastest-growing in their categories. Our brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Lifewire, Byrdie, MyDomaine, TripSavvy, Brides, Liquor.com, TreeHugger, Mother Nature Network, and ThoughtCo.
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Dotdash embraces inclusivity and values our diverse community. We are committed to building a team based on qualifications, merit and business need. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.