Software Engineer, Java, Spring Boot

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Software Engineer developing secure and reliable services for open source projects at the Eclipse Foundation. Collaborating with global teams on APIs, platforms, and community services.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain features across Eclipse Foundation platforms and services, including Open VSX, APIs, community platforms, and internal applications.
  • Build and operate secure and reliable services using Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Redis, React, and TypeScript.
  • Contribute to backend architecture, API design, data models, and integration patterns.
  • Apply security best practices throughout the development lifecycle, including authentication, authorisation, dependency management, secrets management, input validation, and secure configuration.
  • Improve platform resilience through safeguards such as rate limiting, abuse prevention, monitoring, and operational controls.
  • Support the maintenance and evolution of Open VSX and related services.
  • Write automated tests and contribute to reliable CI/CD pipelines.
  • Participate in code reviews and collaborate with team members to maintain code quality.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to monitoring, logging, and observability.
  • Write and maintain technical documentation for internal users, contributors, and open source communities.
  • Work constructively with internal stakeholders, external contributors, and the broader open source community.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
  • Solid experience with Java, ideally JDK 17 or later
  • Strong experience building and maintaining backend applications with Spring Boot
  • Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs and service integrations
  • Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MariaDB
  • Experience working on open source projects or with open source communities
  • Good understanding of secure software development practices
  • Experience with dependency management, vulnerability mitigation, authentication, authorisation, and secure configuration
  • Experience with automated testing, code reviews, and maintainable development practices
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
  • Working knowledge of Docker
  • Experience with GitHub or GitLab workflows
  • Comfort working in a distributed, remote-first team
  • Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience with TypeScript and React, or another modern frontend framework (Nice to Have)
  • Experience with Redis or similar caching technologies (Nice to Have)
  • Experience with Elasticsearch or search platforms (Nice to Have)
  • Experience with Quarkus (Nice to Have)
  • Basic familiarity with Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms (Nice to Have)
  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana (Nice to Have)
  • Experience with rate limiting, abuse prevention, or platform security controls (Nice to Have)
  • Interest in software supply-chain security (Nice to Have)
  • Experience with extension marketplaces, developer tooling, or package registries (Nice to Have)
  • Experience analysing suspicious software behaviour, malware risks, or detection systems (Nice to Have)
  • Familiarity with YARA or similar detection-rule systems (Nice to Have)

Benefits:

  • Corporate Recharge days
  • right-to-disconnect policy
  • highly competitive compensation
  • comprehensive benefits package