Senior Java Developer

Description

Keshet Digital powers some of Israel’s most-visited digital platforms, serving millions of monthly users across news, entertainment, and live streaming. When breaking news hits or a hit show airs, our systems handle massive traffic spikes in real time.

We’re looking for a Senior Java Developer to join our R&D team and help shape the backend infrastructure behind it all. You’ll own meaningful parts of the system, influence technical direction, and bring new ideas and tools to the team.

What you’ll do

• Build high-performance services that deliver fresh content to millions of users with low latency
• Develop automated content publishing pipelines and multimedia processing systems
• Optimize performance and scalability under high and unpredictable load
• Design and maintain reliable, secure payment and subscription flows
• Extend and customize our content management platform
• Take part in architecture decisions, code reviews, and mentoring

Requirements

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of backend development experience with Java (Java 17+ preferred)
• Strong experience with Spring / Spring Boot and building RESTful APIs
• Solid experience with JPA/Hibernate and SQL, including query optimization
• Experience writing automated tests (JUnit, Mockito, or similar)
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor) as part of your daily workflow
• Strong grasp of object-oriented design, design patterns, and clean code principles
• A collaborative mindset: you raise concerns, share ideas, and help the team land on good solutions

Nice to have

• Experience with microservices, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Cloud experience (AWS / GCP)
• Caching and messaging technologies (Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Performance profiling and observability tools (JProfiler, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog)
• Experience with media, video processing, or CDN-based content delivery
• Background in payment systems
• Familiarity with frontend technologies (HTML, JavaScript) or legacy JSP applications