58 java backend engineer jobs at 43 companies in Steger, IL
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Senior Backend Java Engineer (Chicago Hybrid)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$130k-$150k/yrHybridFull Time
Motorola SolutionsNYSE: MSI: Provides mission-critical communications and public safety technology.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree with 5+ years engineering experience, 4+ years Java, GCP and Postgres experience, experience with Anthropic Claude/LLMs, and U.S. citizenship able to obtain security clearance.
United States or Tampa or Boston or Atlanta or New York City or Columbus or Chicago or Philadelphia or Raleigh or Charlotte or Minneapolis or Dallas or Washington D.C. or Austin or Miami or Newark
$152k-$194k/yrRemoteFull Time
RealNasdaq: REAX: Technology-driven brokerage offering residential real estate and title services.
8+ YOE8+ years experience with Java/Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, relational databases; experience designing event-driven microservices, strong testing practices, AI-assisted development familiarity, BA/BS or equivalent.
Java 17, Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, JPA/Hibernate 6, Postgres, Kafka, DynamoDB, Redis, OpenSearch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, ArgoCD, TeamCity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Model Context Protocol (MCP), GitHub, SonarQube
Java Backend Software Engineer III - Cassandra / Kubernetes
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$114k-$155k/yrOnsiteFull Time
JPMorgan ChaseNYSE: JPM: Global financial services firm providing banking and investment solutions.
3+ YOE3+ years software engineering experience; strong Java and Spring Boot backend skills; experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, distributed databases (Cassandra, CockroachDB) and relational DBs (Oracle, PostgreSQL); system design and operational stability; experience with enterprise AI-assisted development tools.
Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra, CockroachDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL
Photon: A global digital modernization firm delivering enterprise-grade backend and platform engineering services.
7+ YOE7+ years backend development experience with Java and Spring Boot, event-driven systems using Kafka, PostgreSQL, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) experience, CI/CD and containerization, strong testing and debugging skills.
Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, GCP, Azure
Oakland or San Francisco or New York City or Boston or Seattle or Irvine or Los Angeles or Monterey or Santa Barbara or Santa Rosa or Austin or Portland or Philadelphia or Chicago or United States
$146k-$235k/yrOnsiteFull Time
LaunchDarkly: Provides a feature management platform for software development teams.
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience building/operating production distributed systems; strong programming in Go/Java/Rust; production debugging, observability, on-call experience; clear AI usage in engineering work.
Stripe: Provides online payment processing and financial infrastructure for businesses.
6+ YOEBachelor's degree and 6+ years software development experience; proficiency across stack with 2+ of Java, Ruby, Scala, Python, SQL; experience with Spark, IDEs, AWS, distributed systems, cloud services (gRPC, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes); strong engineering and collaboration skills.
Turnitin: Software for plagiarism detection and academic integrity in education.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development experience; strong Java preferred; experience with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB; serverless and microservices knowledge; Git and CI/CD experience; strong problem-solving skills.
Bitovi: Provides web application development, UX design, and technical consulting.
Experienced in building and operating JVM services, Temporal workflows, Kafka event streams, Kubernetes on AWS, CI/CD/GitOps, observability, and platform engineering; strong Java and systems-engineering skills.
Chicago or New York City or Los Angeles or San Francisco or Culver City or Dallas
$200k-$285k/yrRemoteFull Time
Altruist: Provides a digital custodian and portfolio management platform for advisors.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience, 2+ years building low-latency trading systems, BA/BS preferred, proficient with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes, strong leadership and communication.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
4+ YOEBachelor's degree, 4+ years software engineering experience, 1+ year cloud experience, proficiency in Java/Python/SQL/Node/Go/Scala, experience with Docker/Kubernetes and AWS, strong communication and critical thinking.
Java, Python, SQL, Node, Go, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
New York City or San Francisco or Salt Lake City or Los Angeles or Seattle or Austin or Washington or Philadelphia or San Diego or Chicago or Atlanta or Australia or Canada or South America
$146k-$215k/yrRemoteFull Time
Flex: A financial platform allowing renters to split monthly rent payments.
6+ YOE6+ years software engineering experience, 4+ years with Java, experience with backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, AWS, and distributed teams.
NinjaTrader: Provides futures brokerage services and a trading software platform.
8+ YOE8+ years backend software development; JVM languages (Java/Scala/Kotlin); REST/WebSocket APIs; Kubernetes/GCP; security best practices; strong problem-solving; AI tooling experience.
GraingerNYSE: GWW: Distributes maintenance, repair, and operating supplies to businesses.
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering experience, bachelor's or equivalent, expertise in distributed systems, Agile/DevOps practices, strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Principal Java Microservices Architect — AI & Agentic Platforms
Chicago or New York
$165k-$205k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Publicis GroupeEuronext Paris: PUB: Global advertising and digital transformation agency holding.
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering, 7+ years microservices/architecture, expert Java (17/21), Spring Boot, cloud-native, containerization, observability, and AI/agentic backend experience.
Java 17, Java 21, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Project Reactor, RxJava, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, REST, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Resilience4j, Agent Development Kit (ADK), Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Principal Java Microservices Architect — AI & Agentic Platforms
Chicago or New York
$165k-$205k/yrHybridFull Time
Publicis GroupeEuronext Paris: PUB: Global communications, advertising, and digital transformation holding.
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering, 7+ years microservices/system design/technical leadership. Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, cloud platforms, observability, and AI/agentic backend systems.
Java (17/21), Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Reactive Java (Project Reactor / RxJava), gRPC, GraphQL, WebSockets, REST APIs, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, Resilience4j, Redis, Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes (GKE), Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog, Agent Development Kit (ADK), Model Context Protocol (MCP)
AmpliFI Loyalty Solutions: Provides cloud-based loyalty solutions for financial institutions.
3+ YOEMaster's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering with three years of related software development experience; design, cloud-native architectures, Java backend, AWS, databases, and containerization.