Lead the hands-on architecture, design, and development of mission-critical, high-throughput microservices using modern Java (Java 17/21), Spring Boot, and RESTful/event-driven APIs
Architect and implement robust event-driven workflows and real-time streaming data pipelines using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, partitions, schemas, and fault-tolerant message processing)
Design and implement highly concurrent, low-latency solutions utilizing advanced multithreading, concurrency patterns, and JVM performance tuning
Write clean, testable, maintainable, and secure code following modern software engineering best practices, design patterns, and enterprise security standards
Lead end-to-end SDLC activities from architectural design, technical specification, and implementation through to automated testing, CI/CD pipeline integration, and production deployment
Design and optimize data persistence layers across relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL/document stores (MongoDB) ensuring data integrity, optimized indexing, and efficient querying
Continuously monitor, profile, and optimize application performance, reliability, and resilience using distributed tracing, metrics, and observability tools
Partner with Solution Architects, Product Owners, and cross-functional engineering teams to define system enhancements, evaluate technical trade-offs, and deliver complex business workflows
Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve high-impact technical challenges in distributed production environments, leading root-cause analyses and permanent remediation
Provide technical leadership, establish coding standards, conduct comprehensive peer code reviews, and mentor mid-level and junior developers across the team
Qualifications
Minimum 10+ years of hands-on enterprise Application Development experience with strong backend engineering expertise
Deep, expert-level proficiency in Core Java (Java 11/17/21), object-oriented design, collections, memory management, and multithreading/concurrency models
Extensive hands-on experience building and deploying production-grade microservices using the Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA/Hibernate, Spring Security, Spring Cloud)
Strong hands-on expertise with Apache Kafka and Event-Driven Architecture, including topic design, consumer groups, offset management, message serialization, and event streaming patterns
Proven experience in designing, building, securing, and versioning scalable RESTful APIs
Strong database skills working with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL) including query optimization, indexing, and transactions, as well as document stores (e.g., MongoDB)
Solid understanding of distributed systems principles, caching strategies, and resilient design patterns (Circuit Breaker, Saga, Outbox, Retry/Backoff)
Hands-on experience with automated unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers)
Familiarity with containerization and cloud platforms (Docker, Kubernetes / Red Hat OpenShift) and modern CI/CD deployment pipelines
Exposure to Kotlin is a significant advantage
Demonstrated technical leadership, excellent analytical and debugging skills, and strong verbal and written communication abilities
Education
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Master’s degree preferred
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Job Family Group
Technology
Job Family
Applications Development
Time Type
Full time
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