Java GraphQL Scala with Rust Consultant

Title: Java GraphQL Scala with Rust Consultant

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: Contract

Only Local and W2 candidate

Job Description:

6+ years building and operating production backend systems or API/middleware platforms at scale.

Deep experience with GraphQL, and hands-on with federation / schema composition (Apollo

Federation or an equivalent).

Strong systems fundamentals: distributed systems, networking, caching, and performance profiling

of latency-sensitive services.

Proficiency in a systems language for router work — Rust (strongly preferred), or Go/C++ with a

clear path to Rust — and the maturity to make build-vs-adopt decisions with evidence.

Polyglot comfort across the subgraph stacks. Our services are built in a mix of

Node/TypeScript, Scala, and Java/Spring — you should be able to read, debug, and guide teams