{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a25611b71fea33d245cff182","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a25611b71fea33d245cff182","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a25611b71fea33d245cff182","title":"Java Backend Engineer (214067)","description":"Pay Comments: W2, Benefits and 401k matchingMinimum Pay (per hour): 88.00/hrMaximum Pay (per hour): 93.00/hrHours: Full-timeDuration: 1 year assignmentNote: This is a remote role but must work EST hours.The Personalization (PZN) team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener. We seek to understand the world of music, podcasts and audiobooks better than anyone else so that we can make great recommendations to every individual and keep the world listening. Every day, hundreds of millions of people all over the world use the products we build which include destinations like Home and Search as well as original playlists such as Made For You, Discover Weekly and Daily Mix.The SeshGen product area builds and runs the systems behind generative and interactive listening experiences, including AI DJ, AI Playlist and personalized sessions. SeshGen owns over 1,000 backend services, and many of them are stable and in maintenance mode. We are building a dedicated contractor team to own the operation and maintenance of these services, so our product squads can focus on new features.What You'll DoBe part of the SeshGen goalie rotation for maintenance-mode services: respond to and triage PagerDuty alerts, apply fixes (restarts, rollbacks, scaling) and escalate to the owning squad when neededKeep services up to date: dependency updates and security patches on a quarterly cycle, and infrastructure upgrades such as Kubernetes version bumps and GCP migrationsReduce alert noise: tune thresholds, fix auto-resolving alerts, set up alert grouping, and turn off alerts that are not actionableIdentify unused services and decommission them safely using Backstage toolingWrite and maintain runbooks and service documentation for every service in scopeKeep the service catalog accurate: component ownership, reliability tiers and PagerDuty routingWork closely with SeshGen engineers and engineering managers through handovers, rotation chapter meetings and alert reviewsReduce tech debt and complexity if neededWho You AreYou have experience operating distributed, high-volume backend services in production, and you know how to deploy them and keep them runningYou are comfortable triaging incidents on systems you did not build, using runbooks, dashboards and logsYou have hands-on experience with Java backend services; experience with Kubernetes and cloud providers (such as GCP) is preferredYou have experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as PagerDuty, Grafana and Prometheus/PromQLYou write clear documentation and enjoy leaving systems better than you found themYou are comfortable using AI coding tools to speed up maintenance and migration workYou communicate clearly and work well asynchronously with distributed teamsThe target hiring compensation range for this role is $88/hr to $93/hr. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.**About Skill:**Skill connects the best professional, IT, engineering, financial and administrative talent with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to benefits such as health benefit contributions, retirement plans with match and flexible spending accounts.Skill is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. 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