Java Backend Developer

Must Have:

Graph QL (really owning, not just implementation).
Not interested in in front end- Must be back end focused.
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Description:

The API team runs, maintains and develops the single public API for Braintree.  
Our mission is to develop a best-in-class API for easy, quick and robust integration on a global scale. The API serves most of Braintree’s merchants and a few Fortune 10 companies are integrating directly. 
Our stack is mainly GraphQL in Java on AWS in multiple regions.
Responsibilities:

Pair with engineers inside and outside the team to build and improve our services. 
Collaborate, communicate and integrate with multiple engineering teams. 
Develop a high-level view of the functions, usages, and needs of all of Braintree’s external APIs, and use this to drive architecture decisions. 
Trace bugs and errors through multiple systems, including ones you don’t own, sometimes on behalf of customer-facing teammates. 
Drive team discussions on technical strategy, system architecture, and component design. 
Participate in all stages of the software development cycle, including design and development of significant new architectural systems and improvements. 
Develop and maintain technical documentation. 
Participate in 24/7 on-call team rotation of the services we own.
Required Skills:

8+ years of non-internship professional backend software development. 
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
Deep GraphQL API backend experience and developing complex mutations. 
Proficient in Java. 
Excellent skills in complex technical problem-solving.
Nice To Have:

Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud architectures. 
Ability to present technical problems to non-technical audiences. 
Experience with Kubernetes. 
Experience working in a large engineering environment, coordinating across multiple teams, and leading organization-wide projects.