Optomi

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Senior Software Engineer (Java / AWS) – 12+ month contract (potential to hire) - Hybrid This role is hybrid 3 days per week in Santa Monica, CA Optomi, in partnership with one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their User State and Customizations team within the Services and Data Engineering organization. This team’s mission is to build highly available, high-throughput services that power familiarized and personalized experiences for millions of subscribers. You’ll play a key role in designing and scaling backend systems that support live sports, entertainment, and core streaming functionality at a global scale. What the right professional will enjoy: • Impacting millions of subscribers by delivering personalized, reliable streaming experiences • Joining a high-growth team at the center of streaming innovation in entertainment and live sports • Leading architecture discussions, mentoring engineers, and shaping best practices at scale • Contributing to a strong technical community through collaboration and knowledge sharing Experience of the right candidate: • BS in Computer Science or STEM subject • Expertise in Java, database scaling (MongoDB, MySQL), and stream processing • Prior experience supporting large-scale distributed systems in AWS • Strong understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and concurrency • Hands-on experience building RESTful services with production-grade reliability • Experience with Git, Jenkins, and Docker • Excellent communication skills, self-directed problem solver, and collaborative mindset Environment: Java, Spring Boot, Spark, MongoDB, MySQL, AWS, Jenkins, Docker, REST APIs, Scala, Python, Databricks, Git We’re putting a high emphasis on: • Building scalable, high-performance backend services critical to high-volume streaming platforms • Driving architecture, engineering standards, and mentoring within the team • Ensuring system reliability and availability through on-call support and production readiness