pureIntegration is a digital engineering, consulting and professional services firm headquartered in the Washington, DC area, serving media, entertainment, and connectivity companies for more than 22 years. Our Ad Tech & Media practice helps advertising organizations modernize and operate the systems that power their revenue — spanning linear, addressable, programmatic, AVOD/FAST, and CTV ad delivery — including ad decisioning, order management, traffic and billing, data integration, and reporting across the order-to-cash lifecycle.
Job DescriptionWe're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer with strong hands-on experience across both Java and Node.js to support backend and microservice development for our client. You'll work on REST APIs and distributed backend systems deployed in a cloud-native, containerized environment, collaborating closely with engineers, technical leads, and product managers across multiple teams.
This role requires someone who can move comfortably between Java/Spring and JavaScript/Node.js codebases, has a solid grounding in computer science fundamentals and distributed systems, and takes ownership of issues from identification through resolution with minimal supervision.
This is a full-time remote position. The annual base salary range is $80,000 – $100,000. Candidates will be paid within this range based on their work experience and skills. Candidates are also eligible for our full list of benefits linked here.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Java, Spring Framework/Spring Boot, and Node.js
- Build and support containerized microservices deployed on AWS, including Kubernetes/EKS environments
- Apply asynchronous, reactive, or functional programming patterns where appropriate across both Java and JavaScript codebases
- Troubleshoot complex backend and distributed-system issues, performing root-cause analysis and driving fixes through to resolution
- Work with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Concourse, Jenkins, or similar) to support deployment and delivery
- Design and implement integrations with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, technical discussions, and troubleshooting sessions
- Proactively identify and escalate blockers, risks, and dependencies rather than waiting for others to surface them
- Take ownership of production issues, coordinating resolution across internal and partner teams
- Communicate technical issues, risks, and proposed solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Java / Backend Development
- Strong hands-on Java experience with Spring Framework/Spring Boot
- Experience designing REST APIs and backend microservices
- Solid grasp of OOP, software design principles, and backend architecture
- Familiarity with asynchronous, reactive, or functional programming
- Ability to troubleshoot complex backend and distributed-system issues
JavaScript / Node.js
- Hands-on Node.js backend experience, including async patterns and frameworks like Express.js
- Comfortable working across both Java and Node.js codebases
Cloud / Infrastructure
- Strong AWS experience (or comparable cloud platform)
- Experience with containerized applications and Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
- Familiarity with Terraform/IaC and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Comfortable in Linux environments
CS Fundamentals
- Strong grounding in data structures/algorithms, concurrency, distributed systems, and system design
- JVM and memory management fundamentals
- Database fundamentals (SQL and NoSQL)
Communication & Ownership
- Strong communicator across engineering, product, and cross-team stakeholders
- Proactively surfaces blockers and risks rather than waiting to be asked
- Owns issues end-to-end, including production incidents, with minimal supervision
pureIntegration is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Skills Required
- Strong hands-on Java experience with Spring Framework and Spring Boot
- Experience designing REST APIs and backend microservices
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, software design principles, and backend architecture
- Familiarity with asynchronous, reactive, or functional programming
- Ability to troubleshoot complex backend and distributed-system issues
- Hands-on Node.js backend experience, including asynchronous patterns and frameworks such as Express.js
- Ability to work across Java and Node.js codebases
- Strong AWS experience or comparable cloud platform experience
- Experience with containerized applications and Kubernetes; EKS preferred
- Familiarity with Terraform or infrastructure as code and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
- Comfort working in Linux environments
- Strong grounding in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, distributed systems, and system design
- Understanding of JVM and memory management fundamentals
- Understanding of SQL and NoSQL database fundamentals
- Strong communication across engineering, product, and cross-team stakeholders
- Proactively surfaces blockers and risks
- Owns issues end-to-end, including production incidents, with minimal supervision
- Terraform experience
What We Do
The epitome of ‘punching above our weight’, pureIntegration is the secret weapon you may never have heard of. Yet. Consulting, Services and Solutions: For evolving organizations navigating the changing digital landscape, seeking to improve business operations while attaining deeper member engagement - pureIntegration is your expert, guide, and partner. A consulting services organization – we extend your team with trusted advisors, deeply skilled practitioners, and resourceful architects. pureIntegration solves intractable operational and technology problems with business acumen, deep technical competency and proven solutions which to consistently deliver outcomes-based engagements. For over 15 years, we have designed and implemented creative solutions that scale and transform our client’s capabilities, deliver measurable impact and measurable results – on time and on budget. From our roots in Telecommunications and Media, our select verticals have expanded to include clients ranging from Fortune 50 enterprises to mid-market companies, spanning Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, and other highly transactional industries. Your competitive posture requires a brisk pace to ensure relevance and differentiation. We continuously distill best practices across our client portfolio to extend and accelerate winning, cross-industry solutions to augment your sector expertise. Platform agnostic, we are not a reseller motivated to replace existing tools to our own advantage, but to help tackle your IT debt to your benefit. We specialize in bridging the sustainable legacy to the innovative contemporary.
