Software Engineer II

Product Development & Innovation 

• Design, develop, and maintain features and enhancements across the Payara platform, including application server, cloud, and platform services. 

• Contribute to the evolution of Payara's Jakarta EE implementation, performance, reliability, observability, and security capabilities. 

• Investigate and resolve complex engineering challenges through creative problem solving and sound technical judgment. 

• Participate in architectural discussions and help define technical direction for product initiatives. 

• Build capabilities that help customers deploy, manage, and scale enterprise Java applications on the Azul Payara platform. 

• Create design views that address stakeholder concerns, functional and non-functional requirements, and key technical trade-offs. 

Engineering Excellence 

• Apply established engineering principles, coding standards, and design patterns to deliver high-quality, maintainable software. 

• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide guidance to junior engineers when appropriate. 

• Drive continuous improvements in automation, testing, deployment, and release processes. 

• Utilize debugging, profiling, and performance analysis tools to diagnose and resolve issues. 

• Champion software quality, reliability, and operational excellence throughout the development lifecycle. 

Cloud & Platform Engineering 

• Build, maintain, and optimize GitLab-based CI/CD workflows, including repository management, merge request automation, pipeline configuration, and release governance. 

• Configure and support Jenkins jobs, shared libraries, and build agents to improve build reliability, deployment consistency, and developer productivity across cloud and platform engineering workflows. 

• Work with containerized environments and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Contribute to cloud deployment capabilities and platform integrations. 

• Collaborate on initiatives that improve scalability, resilience, and customer experience. 

Collaboration & Leadership 

• Work independently while partnering effectively with engineers, architects, product managers, support teams, and customers. 

• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. 

• Support and guide junior engineers while fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 

• 4–8 years of professional software engineering experience developing enterprise-grade applications or platforms. 

• Strong Java development expertise, including modern Java language features and best practices. 

• Strong understanding of Java concurrency and multithreading concepts, including thread safety, synchronization, executors, locks, concurrent collections, and performance considerations. 

• Experience designing, debugging, and maintaining large-scale distributed or enterprise software systems. 

• Solid understanding of API design, security principles, scalability, and software architecture patterns. 

• Experience with source control systems, automated testing frameworks, and modern software development practices. 

• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver high-quality solutions in an Agile environment. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with application servers or middleware platforms such as:  

• Oracle GlassFish 

• Apache Tomcat 

• Oracle WebLogic 

• JBoss / WildFly 

• IBM WebSphere 

• Strong knowledge of the Jakarta EE ecosystem, specifications, and enterprise Java development. 

• Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source software projects. 

• Expertise in cloud-native technologies, including containers, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. 

• Experience with performance tuning, profiling, observability, and troubleshooting enterprise applications. 

• Familiarity with AI-assisted software engineering practices, including code generation, test generation, documentation support, CI/CD workflows, cloud engineering, and intelligent troubleshooting. 

If you're passionate about Java, open source, and building platforms that make developers more successful, we'd love to hear from you.

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