About the Company
Blackstraw.ai is an end-to-end technology services company specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Engineering solutions across Data Science, Data Engineering, LLM/GenAI and LLMOps. Founded in 2018, we help global enterprises across North America, Europe and Asia to build and operationalize AI
systems that create measurable business impact. Our mission is to make AI adoption simpler, faster and scalable through a blend of deep domain expertise, reusable accelerators and proven engineering practices.
With a 600+ strong team of engineers, data scientists and AI specialists, we partner with organizations to deliver real-world outcomes in areas such as predictive analytics, computer vision, natural language processing and Generative AI.
Headquartered in Florida (USA) with operations in Canada and India, Blackstraw.ai continues to empower global enterprises to unlock the true potential of AI.
Location: USA / Canada (Full-time only)
Work Mode: Remote (<10% occasional travel to Tampa, FL)
Experience: 7+ years
Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot and REST APIs
Good to Have: Angular
Role Summary:
The Backend Software Engineer is a senior individual contributor role responsible for designing, developing, and scaling backend services that power innovative product solutions for our growing customer base. Working in a collaborative and innovation-driven environment, you will leverage modern cloud-native technologies, microservices architectures, and AI-assisted development tools to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions while influencing technical direction,architecture, and engineering best practices.
What will you be doing?
• Responsible for implementing micro-services from design to production.
• Take ownership of development, maintenance, testing strategy, design discussions, and operations of the team, with containerized API services.
• Participate in all aspects of agile sofware development including design, implementation, and deployment.
• Responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of new product features / components
• Ensuring application performance, upcome, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughƞul application design
• Work with a small, cross-funcƟonal team on products and features to drive growth.
• Learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies to grow
• Research and suggest new technologies for boosting the product.
• Have an impact on product development by making important technical decisions, influencing the system architecture, development practices and more.
Must-Have Requirements
• B.Sc. in Computer Sciences or similar
• Proficient in Java backend development
• Profound knowledge in OOP and design patterns
• Experience and knowledge of server-side technologies including Java, Spring
• Experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes and Cloud environments
• ExperƟse in testing methodologies (Unit-testing, TDD, mocking)
• Fluent with Relational databases (SQL)
• Good problem-solving and analysis abiliƟes
• Excellent team player with strong communicaƟon skills
Good-to-have Requirements
• Experience with Azure / Google Cloud Platform cloud services
• Experience with large scale SQL / NoSQL databases (SingleStore, Postgres)
• Experience with Agile Development, or Extreme Programming methodologies
Blackstraw provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law
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