Services Developer – System Modernization Focus - Remote

Overview

We're looking for a thoughtful and experienced Services Developer to help modernize our core platform and drive the evolution of our technical ecosystem. This role is key to our efforts to transition a large, legacy Java application into a modern, cloud-ready, service-oriented architecture.

In Short

• Analyze existing monolithic systems to identify logical service boundaries, integration points, and refactoring strategies.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs and microservices to support a phased migration from legacy systems.
• Collaborate with solution architects to define service decomposition patterns, domain models, and technical migration roadmaps.
• Incrementally extract functionality from the monolith into independent services with minimal disruption to business operations.
• Apply best practices in service development including security, observability, error handling, and backward compatibility.
• Troubleshoot and support both new services and legacy components during the transition.
• Document service contracts, design decisions, and migration patterns to support long-term maintainability and knowledge sharing.
• Champion a modernization mindset by embracing automation, DevOps culture, and cloud-native practices across the development lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field — or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of professional software development experience, including strong experience with Java-based applications.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building RESTful APIs and microservices using Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and microservices design principles.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficiency in containerized deployments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with database refactoring and integration, including schema migrations and decoupling tightly coupled models.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and system observability.

Benefits

• Join a team committed to innovation and collaboration.
• Play a key role in shaping the future of essential systems that support students, institutions, and partners.