Principal Java Engineer

About the Position

Principal Java Engineer

Intellias, a leading software provider in the automotive industry, invites you to develop the future of driving. Join our team and create products used by millions of people worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Spring Boot-based microservices in a distributed architecture
• Build and operate event-driven data processing pipelines, including ingestion, transformation, and enrichment of streaming data
• Work extensively with complex datasets, focusing on data analysis, transformation, validation, and optimization
• Develop and maintain advanced SQL queries and data workflows to support business and platform requirements
• Collaborate closely with data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders to understand and solve complex data challenges
• Contribute to data warehousing and analytics initiatives, including Snowflake-based solutions where applicable
• Develop and maintain robust APIs for internal and external consumers
• Work with AWS cloud services to design and support reliable, scalable backend systems
• Design, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL and DynamoDB schemas, ensuring performance and data integrity
• Implement and maintain automated testing strategies (unit and integration)
• Contribute to and maintain GitHub Actions pipelines
• Ensure system reliability through monitoring, logging, and observability best practices
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed team, communicating progress, risks, and dependencies
• Take ownership of features end-to-end, from design through deployment and production support

Requirements

Mandatory

• 10+ years of experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining backend services and distributed systems in production using Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, Docker
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS core services and cloud-native application development
• 3+ years of experience designing and operating event-driven distributed systems using technologies such as Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or equivalent messaging platforms
• Strong experience with microservices, MVC, and event-driven architectures
• Strong experience with JPA / Hibernate
• Strong database design skills with PostgreSQL (advanced SQL) and DynamoDB, including schema design, optimization, and performance tuning
• Solid test automation experience using JUnit and Cucumber
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and/or similar CI/CD tools
• Strong ownership and self-management in a fast-paced Agile environment, with the ability to independently deliver end-to-end solutions, resolve blockers, and communicate effectively in English
• Ability to provide full overlap with US Central Time (CT) on business days
• On-call support: Willingness to provide off-hours or weekend production support when required

Nice to Have

• Advanced SQL expertise, including designing, writing, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex analytical queries against large and complex datasets
• Experience processing, enriching, or analyzing event and telemetry data at scale
• Experience with AWS CloudFormation
• Experience with jOOQ and Flyway
• Experience with BigQuery or Databricks
• Experience with Spring Cloud
• Experience working with geospatial data (PostGIS)
• Experience supporting large-scale data platforms, reporting systems, or business analytics products
• Experience working with distributed data processing or data pipeline technologies

We Offer

At Intellias, we prioritize our people and offer a range of benefits that support your well-being and professional growth. We are committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

About the Company

Intellias is a leading software provider in the automotive industry. We empower individuals to unlock their true potential and achieve extraordinary results by creating a comfortable atmosphere in our team. Join Intellias for a career where your perspectives and contributions are vital to our shared success.