Senior Java Software Engineer

Title:

Senior Java Backend Developer

Type:

6 months minimum

Location:

Remote

About Ovyo:

Ovyo is a B2B services company providing flexible engineering teams and talent solutions to the streaming, media, satellite, and communications industries. With a global footprint across the UK, India, Portugal, South Africa, Brazil, the US, and Eastern Europe, we work on a mix of long-term client engagements and fast-paced consulting projects. Our engineers build the platforms that shape how the world consumes video and connects — while accelerating their own careers along the way.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join a multidisciplinary agile platform team, working on a cutting-edge platform that powers live and on-demand streaming at global scale.

You will work across the full backend stack, including Java services, event-driven architectures, RESTful APIs, and cloud infrastructure. This role suits someone who takes ownership, contributes to system design, and enjoys solving complex engineering challenges in high-scale environments.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Java (Java 11+) in production environments
• Solid experience with relational databases (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL)
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs (e.g.

Spring

Boot, Dropwizard, JAX-RS)

• Experience with event-driven systems (e.g. Kafka, SQS, Kinesis, SNS)
• Familiarity with AWS services (e.g. EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, DynamoDB)
• Good understanding of software design patterns
• Strong automated testing experience (unit and integration testing)
• Experience working in agile development teams

Nice to have:

• Scala or functional programming experience
• NoSQL databases
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
• Docker / containerised environments
• Experience delivering zero-downtime deployments
• Background in streaming, media, or broadcast technology

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimise backend Java services and APIs
• Design scalable and reliable systems for live and on-demand streaming
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design discussions
• Write and maintain automated tests and support QA processes
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, QA, and product teams
• Participate in code reviews and uphold engineering standards
• Identify and resolve performance issues, reliability risks, and technical debt
• Proactively suggest improvements and drive technical excellence