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Backend Engineer - Java (6-month contract)
Proximity WorksRemotePosted 27 days ago
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We are looking for experienced

Java Backend Engineers

to work on backend systems powering the

Subscriptions and Payments ecosystem

. The engineers will contribute to

Fire TV In-App Purchase (IAP)

capabilities and build services responsible for subscriptions, payments, entitlements and transaction processing. These systems operate at significant scale and need to remain

highly available, fault tolerant and performant during major traffic spikes

, including live sporting events and large content releases. ###

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable backend services using

Java and Spring Boot

  • .
  • - Develop high-performance

REST APIs and microservices

  • .
  • - Build backend capabilities for subscriptions, payments and user entitlements.
  • - Implement

Fire TV IAP

  • purchase and subscription workflows.
  • - Integrate with app stores, payment providers and external platform APIs.
  • - Build workflows covering purchases, renewals, cancellations, refunds and subscription-state changes.
  • - Design reliable,

idempotent transaction-processing systems

  • .
  • - Handle retries, failures, reconciliation and eventual consistency across distributed services.
  • - Build event-driven and asynchronous workflows using messaging systems.
  • - Design systems that can handle

high throughput and sudden traffic spikes

  • .
  • - Optimize service latency, throughput, scalability and infrastructure utilization.
  • - Improve observability through logging, metrics, tracing and alerting.
  • - Troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed services.
  • - Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews and technical-design discussions.
  • - Strong programming experience with

Java

  • .
  • - Strong experience with

Spring Boot / Spring ecosystem

  • .
  • - Strong experience designing

RESTful APIs and microservices

  • .
  • - Solid understanding of

distributed systems, concurrency and asynchronous processing

  • .
  • - Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL/MySQL.
  • - Experience with NoSQL databases is desirable.
  • - Experience with caching technologies such as

Redis

  • .
  • - Experience with

Kafka or similar event-streaming/messaging platforms

  • .
  • - Understanding of transaction management, idempotency and data consistency.
  • - Experience with

AWS or similar cloud platforms

  • .
  • - Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.
  • - Strong production-debugging and performance-optimization skills. ###

Experience

-

4-7 years

of backend engineering experience. - Strong hands-on Java and microservices development. - Ability to independently design and deliver backend services. - Experience working on scalable and distributed production systems. *Note: This is a 6-month contractual role.* - Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly. - Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners. - Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development. - High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.

About Us

Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

Skills

JavaSpringPostgreSQLSQLMySQLRedisKafkaAWSDockerKubernetes

Details

Workplace

Remote

Source

Workable

Country

India

Date posted

Sep 25, 2026

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