Platform Engineer java

About the Role We're hiring a developer to proactively remediate vulnerabilities across our Java/Spring Boot platform services on a twice-per-week cadence. This isn't firefighting - it's disciplined, recurring upgrade work that keeps our platform ahead of security findings before they become blockers. You'll work primarily in Java/Spring Boot codebases but will also touch Python services that live within the same platform ecosystem. You'll leverage AI-assisted tooling and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate the remediation cycle. What You'll Do Remediate library vulnerabilities across platform services on a twice-weekly cycle Upgrade and manage dependencies (Maven BOMs, parent POMs, transitive dependencies) Analyze Mythos and Snyk findings, assess severity/impact, and apply fixes Validate upgrades don't introduce regressions (build, test, deploy) Maintain compatibility across shared libraries consumed by multiple services Work with AI-assisted remediation tooling to accelerate upgrade workflows Coordinate with security and release teams on vulnerability SLAs Occasionally remediate Python dependencies (pip/requirements.txt) in platform services Required Skills Primary (Must-Have) Java 17/21 Maven Spring / Spring Boot GitHub Jenkins pipelines Secondary Python 3.x pip / requirements.txt / Poetry React Node.js / NPM Cloud & Infrastructure AWS (ECS, Lambda, IAM) Docker Terraform Git AI & Automation AI-assisted coding (AWS Kiro or similar) Familiarity with LLM-driven workflows Automation mindset Security & Compliance SCA tools (Mythos, Snyk, or similar) Vulnerability lifecycle management CVSS scoring & risk assessment Compliance awareness Nice to Have Strong experience with SDLC, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines Experience managing upgrades at scale across 10+ microservices Familiarity with Apache Camel or integration-heavy Spring services Background in financial services / insurance (regulated environment) Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch library upgrades Comfort with NestJS/Node.js (some platform tooling uses this)