Original job description
About the Role Solace Mission Control is the control plane of Solace Cloud: it provisions, updates, monitors, and operates event broker services for enterprise customers across public clouds and, increasingly, customer-managed environments. As a Junior Software Developer on the Mission Control squad, you'll build the APIs and operational tooling that keep thousands of production event brokers healthy - and you'll do it on a team that works AI-native, with agentic coding tools embedded in the daily workflow.
What You'll Do - Build and improve backend features in our Java microservices - REST APIs for broker service lifecycle, certificate management, DNS, and broker configuration - Contribute to the front-end of our operations console as we modernize it with React micro-frontends - Help deliver Mission Control's next chapter: deploying and operating event brokers in customer-managed Docker/Kubernetes environments - Investigate production issues using observability tooling (Datadog logs, metrics, and monitors) and follow them through from diagnosis to verified fix - Write automated tests and contribute to epic-level quality plans - quality is designed in, not bolted on - Use AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code) daily, and contribute reusable AI workflows that accelerate the whole squad - Collaborate with product, platform engineering, and support teams to resolve field issues for real customers
What You'll Bring to the Role - A solid foundation in Java (or a similar language) and the willingness to work across the stack - backend, front-end, and pipelines - Working knowledge of REST APIs, relational databases, and automated testing - Curiosity about cloud infrastructure: containers, Kubernetes, and public cloud services - Experience using AI technologies and coding-assisted tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Codex - A quality-focused mindset that advocates on behalf of the end user - Strong communication - you can explain what failed, why, and what the plan is
Nice to Have Skills - Experience with messaging systems (Solace, Kafka, RabbitMQ) or event-driven architecture - Exposure to Kubernetes, Helm, or Docker-based deployment - TypeScript/React experience - Familiarity with observability platforms (Datadog, Grafana, etc.) - Experience with CI/CD pipelines
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Responsibilities
Build and improve Java microservices, REST APIs, and React-based operations tooling for provisioning and operating event broker services. Investigate production issues, write automated tests, support customer-managed Docker and Kubernetes deployments, and collaborate across teams using AI coding tools.
Requirements
Candidates should have a solid foundation in Java or a similar language, working knowledge of REST APIs, relational databases, and automated testing, and an interest in cloud infrastructure. The role also calls for experience with AI-assisted coding tools, a quality-focused mindset, and strong communication skills; messaging systems, Kubernetes, React, observability, and CI/CD experience are advantageous.
Skills
- Java
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- Relational Databases
- Automated Testing
- React
- TypeScript
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Public Cloud
- Datadog
- AI Coding Tools
- CI/CD
- Event-Driven Architecture
- DNS
- Certificate Management
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Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Engineering
Keywords
- Java
- REST APIs
- Microservices
- Event Brokers
- Solace Cloud
- Broker Lifecycle
- Certificate Management
- DNS
- Broker Configuration
- React
- Micro-Frontends
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Public Cloud
- Relational Databases
- Automated Testing
- Quality Plans
- Claude Code
- GitHub Copilot
- Codex
- Datadog
- Logs
- Metrics
- Monitors
- Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Helm
- Grafana
- CI/CD
