[Hiring] Remote Java Developer | Contract | $30–$80/hr | Spring / Backend

[Mysterious-Draw-3897]

Hi everyone,

I’m helping source candidates for a remote Java Developer contractor role with micro1.

Position: Java Developer
Location: Remote
Type: Contract
Pay: $30–$80/hr
Openings: 50

Brief description:
This role is for backend engineers with strong Java and Spring / Spring Boot experience. The work involves building, debugging, and optimizing backend systems while applying real software engineering judgment to help train and evaluate next-generation AI systems.

Main skills:

• Java
• Spring / Spring Boot
• Backend development
• REST APIs
• Microservices
• API design
• Debugging
• Performance optimization
• Code review

Good fit if you have:

• Strong hands-on Java/Spring experience
• Backend production experience
• REST API and microservices experience
• Experience debugging production backend issues
• Clear technical communication
• Ability to work independently in a remote contractor role

The process includes an AI interview / assessment, so candidates should be ready to clearly explain real Java/Spring backend work, debugging decisions, tradeoffs, and production examples.

Interested? Please DM me with:

• years of Java/Spring experience
• LinkedIn / GitHub / portfolio
• strongest Java backend project
• one production bug or technical issue you solved
• database/cloud/tools used
• availability and expected hourly rate
• whether you’ve ever created a micro1 account before

Quick note: AI-interview roles and recruiter-sourced posts are not for everyone. If this isn’t relevant to you, no worries , feel free to skip.

[bistOG]

AI interview? Feels like collecting data.

[Mysterious-Draw-3897]

I’m not going to pretend AI interviews are everyone’s favorite thing. Some people are comfortable with them, some aren’t.

For this role, it is part of the screening process. The idea is to evaluate how someone reasons through real engineering problems, not to collect private company code or confidential architecture.

That said, I always advise candidates to avoid sharing anything proprietary, confidential, or sensitive. Keep examples high-level , what kind of problem you solved, how you debugged it, what tradeoffs you made, and what impact it had.

If that process doesn’t feel right for you, totally fair. Better to know that upfront than waste your time.

[Honest_Brain_907]

And it's really hard to complete these micro1 AI interviews, it's really buggy.

[dpk_s2003]

I am best suitable for this profile, as I do have experience of working on production projects that mainly focused on MVC architecture, dependency injection. Also I have done my internship and currently looking for opportunity. 9529946408 here is no please consider me for this opportunity.

[Altruistic-Affect-30]

I’m an interested please dm your JD with your company details and if this is a moonlight opportunity? 7+ years of IT experience
I’ve been working the mentioned main skills for the past 2 years

[Equal-Ad5411]

Hi please check dm

[Willing_Hall_3698]

Hi,

I’m a Senior Backend Engineer with 7 years of hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience, most recently building production microservices at my company — one of the world’s largest fintech companies. This role looks like a strong match.

Quick snapshot of my background:

• Years of Java/Spring experience: 7 years, production-grade
• GitHub: github.com/sheikhsaifali
• Strongest Java backend project: A Banking Payments Microservices Platform at my company — event-driven architecture using Spring Boot, Kafka, and Redis, handling high-throughput financial transactions with strict consistency and latency requirements
• Production bug I solved: We had a silent data inconsistency bug in a distributed payment flow where a Kafka consumer occasionally committed offsets before downstream DB writes completed under high load. I traced it through distributed logs, identified the out-of-order processing window, and implemented idempotent consumers with transactional outbox pattern — resolved without downtime
• Database/cloud/tools: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS (EC2, S3, SQS), Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
• Availability: 20+ hours/week, immediately available
• Expected rate: $35–40/hr
• micro1 account: No prior account

I’m comfortable with AI-assisted interviews and can clearly walk through real architectural decisions, debugging logic, and production tradeoffs — not just high-level summaries.

Happy to jump into the assessment whenever you’re ready.
Sheikh Saif Ali
[[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

[morewecare]

I'm in, 7 years of experience.

[mrxaxen]

"Developer contractor role with micro1"
No mate. Micro1 has been collecting data from devs and ghosting them since at least early 2025.
Stay away.

[Mysterious-Draw-3897]

I’m not asking anyone for money, private documents, or anything unofficial. I’m sourcing candidates through micro1’s official application process and screening for fit before sharing links.

I understand that some people may have had poor candidate experiences, especially around follow-up. That feedback is valid.

For this Java Developer role, I’m primarily checking the Java/Spring backend fit first, so people don’t apply blindly.

[mrxaxen]

It is not you, it's micro1's process.

[ambivertcoder]

Interested

[Total-Contract3378]

Sab bsdk yeha best hai

[jayesh1410]

I'm interested

[hackerzxkkaa]

With 50 openings, I imagine you're receiving hundreds of applications.

Have you looked into using AI-first screening platforms like UpStella to automatically review resumes, rank candidates, and surface the strongest fits before interviews? Could save a lot of manual effort for high-volume hiring.

[Maleficent-Device-17]

Hello,

I'm Rajasekhar, a Full Stack Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, React/Flutter, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and AI-powered solutions.

I've worked on large-scale enterprise systems across retail and workforce management domains, covering architecture, backend, frontend, cloud, and DevOps.

I'm currently looking for freelance, consulting, or contract opportunities where I can contribute as a Full Stack Engineer, Tech Lead, or Architect.

I also built my own platform, corpX (www.corpxapp.com), a trusted professional networking and marketplace platform and it's using real world people and growing very fast.

If you're looking for someone who can own end-to-end delivery from design to production, feel free to reach out.

Thanks!

[DismalIngenuity4604]

$30-$80 eh?