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Sr. Java Developer

Improving South America
LATAM

About this role

Software Engineering

Sr. Java Developer + Springboot + SQL

Improving is committed to building a great place to work by cultivating an environment that fosters professional and personal relationships. We value open communication, personal growth, and shared rewards, which result in sustainable success.

Voted “best place to work” numerous times, Improving strives to create and maintain a culture that exemplifies teamwork, excellence, and fun! We believe this kind of culture encourages both the inspiration and the motivation to achieve amazing things.

Job Type:Full-Time

Location:LATAM

Country:Mexico, Central America, South America ApplyCopy URL

What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and maintain Java-based backend services and REST APIs for a chargeback and fraud-prevention platform

  • Contribute to large-scale initiatives such as technology modernization, decisioning workflows, and alerting capabilities

  • Enhance backend support for configurable notifications

  • Partner on database upgrades, integrations, scaling strategies, and containerized service deployment

  • Participate in release cycles, feature iteration, and continuous improvement initiatives

  • Lead through code reviews and mentoring, and bring a technical perspective to requirements and planning discussions

  • What You’ll Bring

  • 7+ years of professional software development with a strong Java backend focus, including Spring Boot and SQL

  • Strong REST API design and service-oriented or microservices architecture experience

  • Experience building scalable, high-availability SaaS platforms

  • Experience with complex workflows and decisioning systems

  • Expertise with relational databases (PostgreSQL and/or Oracle preferred)

  • Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes

  • Proficiency with Claude Code and other AI-assisted development tools to deliver high-quality software at velocity

  • Agile/Scrum experience

  • Ability to perform under pressure and pivot quickly across tasks and projects as priorities shift, without sacrificing quality

  • Clear communication of complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

  • Proven ability to collaborate across teams and functions

  • Nice to have: Redis, Hibernate, NoSQL, and Liquibase or similar schema-migration tooling

  • Improving welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life, and this is reflected in our largely diverse community of Improvers. Improving is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees and applicants. Improving recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

  • About Improving

  • Improving is a modern digital services company dedicated to positively changing the perception of the IT professional. We offer innovative solutions through consulting, software development, and training to help thousands of our clients achieve new heights in a competitive and ever-changing market.

  • As our company continues to grow, we are looking for enthusiastic thought leaders to join our team. Improving has a unique mix of passionate professionals who strive to grow and thrive in new ways. We are committed to establishing and maintaining an inclusive culture that allows all Improvers to bring their authentic selves to work each day. This is why we work hard to build inclusion and diversity in our workplace, so we can all do amazing things and succeed together.

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