Java, GraphQL API Developer in AWS cloud environment - CSS Staffing

Java, GraphQL API Developer in AWS cloud environment
Immediate long-term opportunity paying up to $90/hour W2

Join our team developing a best-in-class API for easy, quick and robust integration on a global scale. Our stack is mainly GraphQL in Java on AWS in multiple regions. 
As a Member of the Team, You Will 

• Pair with engineers inside and outside the team to build and improve our services. 
• Collaborate, communicate and integrate with multiple engineering teams. 
• Develop a high-level view of the functions, usages, and needs of all of Braintree’s external APIs, and use this to drive architecture decisions. 
• Trace bugs and errors through multiple systems, including ones you don’t own, sometimes on behalf of customer-facing teammates. 
• Drive team discussions on technical strategy, system architecture, and component design. 
• Participate in all stages of the software development cycle, including design and development of significant new architectural systems and improvements. 
• Develop and maintain technical documentation. 
• Participate in 24/7 on-call team rotation of the services we own. 

Minimum Requirements: 

• 8+ years of non-internship professional backend software development. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Deep GraphQL API backend experience and developing complex mutations. 
• Proficient in Java. 

• Excellent skills in complex technical problem-solving. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud architectures. 
• Ability to present technical problems to non-technical audiences. 
• Experience with Kubernetes. 
• Experience working in a large engineering environment, coordinating across multiple teams, and leading organization-wide projects.