Real Industry

Senior Backend Engineer - Java

USA (Remote) · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago

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About the role

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be reporting to the Vice President of Engineering and would be a key member of Real's R&D team.
You will operate in an AI-first environment leveraging tools like Claude Code to translate product ideas into production-ready systems.
If you are self-motivated and a tech expert to join a results-oriented team, we encourage you to join us.

Collaborate with other engineers through pairing sessions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing in our weekly Friday Dev Chats.
Mentor and lead junior engineers in software engineering methodology, design, and best practices.
You have experience designing event-driven microservices and applying patterns such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), hexagonal (ports & adapters) architecture, and CQRS.
You have in-depth knowledge of relational databases, including indices, connection pools, transactions (ACID), and implications of schema designs on performance
You have a keen eye for where to refactor and when, using standard design principles and patterns, and are excited to lead the team on the path to better code

Candidates must be based in the United States to be considered.
Ability to sit for long periods of time.
BA/BS degree and 8+ years of related experience
Must have experience in Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Relational Databases
You have experience with NoSQL databases, understand their advantages and disadvantages, and know when to prefer one over a relational database.
You are welcoming to other engineers, have a collaborative attitude, and are excited to both learn and teach new knowledge
You are comfortable in an agile, fast-paced startup environment where you work closely with product to understand how your work will fit into the larger project while acting on limited information
You have extensive experience with Java 17+ (we are migrating toward Java 21), Spring Boot 3.x, JPA/Hibernate 6, and SQL relational databases.

You are comfortable writing unit and integration tests and maintaining strong code coverage
You are opinionated in the direction that backend software development is going and will give recommendations and take the initiative for the long-term health of the project.

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