Senior Software Engineer (Java/AWS)

Business Unit: Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details: Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in Java (Java 11+), Spring Boot, and microservices to design, build, and operate scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS. The role requires hands-on expertise across backend development, containers, CI/CD, and observability, along with a strong sense of ownership in production SaaS environments. You will collaborate with distributed teams, contribute to high-availability systems, and support customer-facing SLAs while following modern engineering, security, and Agile best practices.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Core stack: Strong Java (Java 11+), Spring Boot, microservices; proficiency with Bash/Python for automation and tooling.
• Cloud/AWS: Experience with EC2/ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch; foundational IAM knowledge.
• Containers & IaC: Docker; familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• CI/CD & Quality: Contribution to pipelines, testing (JUnit), code quality enforcement.
• Observability: Log/metric/trace usage; troubleshooting and performance optimization.
• Security Basics: Secure coding, secret management, vulnerability remediation.
• Collaboration: Agile practices, documentation, and code reviews.
• Operations: Participation in support rotation after ramp‑up.
• Nice to have: Messaging/streaming experience, Caching technologies (Hazelcast, Redis/ElastiCache ), API Gateway.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Working US hours, roles with collaboration across distributed engineering teams.
• Bachelor’s in CS/EE or another relevant discipline.
• Five (5)+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving, and experience in production SaaS environments.
• Ability to support high‑availability systems and customer‑impacting SLAs.

Worker Type: Employee