Staff Software Engineer_AI_AQM Media

Role Overview

Design, build, and operate the server-side systems that power our screen recording platform. This role focuses on developing scalable, reliable backend services and APIs that support recording session orchestration, large file ingestion, and secure data handling. You will be a core contributor to a Java-based, cloud-native microservices architecture that supports real-time and asynchronous workloads at scale.

Key Responsibilities

Service & API Development

• Design, develop, and maintain performant backend services using Java and Spring Boot.

• Build and evolve RESTful APIs for core platform capabilities, including recording session lifecycle, file and chunk uploads, and user/account management.

• Implement reliable ingestion pipelines for large video chunks with retries, idempotency, and failure handling.

• Ensure secure, efficient data storage and retrieval using cloud-managed databases.

• Implement robust authentication and authorization mechanisms to protect platform resources and APIs.

Architecture, Quality & Reliability

• Contribute to the design and evolution of a microservices-based architecture, balancing scalability, maintainability, and operational simplicity.

• Write clean, well-structured, and thoroughly tested code, including unit, integration, and API-level tests.

• Participate actively in code and design reviews, maintaining a high engineering bar.

• Implement structured logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerting to support production observability.

• Continuously optimize performance and scalability to handle increasing traffic and data volume.

Collaboration & Operations

• Work closely with desktop, frontend, and data engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features.

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to deployment and ongoing maintenance.

• Contribute to a strong DevOps culture, including CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.

• Assist in debugging, incident response, and root-cause analysis for production issues.

Technical Stack

Language

• Java

Frameworks

• Spring Boot

• Spring Security

• Spring Data

Cloud

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Databases

• NoSQL (e.g., Google Cloud Datastore, DynamoDB)

• Relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)

Messaging & Async Processing

• Pub/Sub, Kafka, or similar distributed messaging systems

Testing

• JUnit

• Mockito

• Spring Test

Containerization & Orchestration

• Docker

• Kubernetes

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in backend software development.

• Strong proficiency in Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem.

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

• Experience working with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).

• Familiarity with both SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Solid understanding of testing, debugging, and production readiness.