Sr. Computer Scientist I (Java, Big Data)

Job Description Sr. Backend Engineer(Java Hadoop)

Roles and Responsibilities

Adobe Pass is a well-established product suite serving the TV Everywhere industry powering authentication and access experiences for major North American media and entertainment providers. We operate our systems at massive scale supporting major live sports business and lifestyle events across millions of viewers.

We are now expanding our team with a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced customer-focused environment and is passionate about building scalable secure and high-performance systems. The ideal candidate has strong technical depth across frontend and backend technologies a keen eye for system design and a proven ability to mentor others while delivering high-quality production-ready software in an agile setup.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop end-to-end web applications using modern frontend and backend technologies.
• Architect and implement scalable RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot and microservices.
• Lead design discussions and make architectural decisions that ensure scalability reliability and performance.
• Drive observability monitoring and reliability through effective instrumentation and alerting practices.
• Own the performance and resiliency of SLA-critical APIs ensuring optimal response times and uptime.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security including authentication authorization and data protection at all layers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers designers and engineers to deliver intuitive high-impact solutions.
• Contribute to shared frameworks libraries and engineering standards that enhance code quality and reusability.
• Conduct code reviews design reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior engineers.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies tools and frameworks to drive innovation and efficiency within the team.
  

What You Need to Succeed

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field with 10 years of experience building and operating full-stack production-grade web applications.
• Strong fundamentals in computer science data structures algorithms and large-scale system design.
• Deep expertise in Java Spring Boot RESTful web services and microservices architecture.
• Deep expertisewith cloud-native development and deployment (Docker Kubernetes CI/CD).
• Ensure high availability scalability and resilience of production systems with a focus on observability and cost optimization.
• Expertise in distributed systems - Hadoop HBase Spark Apache Ignite DynamoDB or other SQL/NoSQL databases including schema design and query optimization.
• Strong experience in observability and monitoring tools (Grafana Prometheus Elastic Stack Splunk New Relic or Datadog).
• Demonstrated success in performance tuning capacity planning and SLA adherence for mission-critical APIs.
• In-depth knowledge of web security including OAuth2 JWT SAML and secure coding practices.
• Run and optimize Spark jobs to process and analyse large datasets that support application features or reporting.
• Knowledge of load testing and performance benchmarking tools (JMeter Gatling).
• Experience with event-driven systems and message queues (Kafka RabbitMQ).
• Excellent problem-solving debugging and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities with a track record of mentoring and technical leadership within teams.
  

Bonus Points

• Experience in JavaScript TypeScript React HTML and CSS for creating responsive modern UIs.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as JUnit Mockito Jest or Cypress.
• Exposure to DevSecOps practices and automated security scanning.
• Contributions to open-source projects or active engagement in developer communities.

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