Senior Java Developer (Java 8/17)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize Java microservices and REST APIs for high-volume consumer experiences.
• Implement event-driven integrations using Kafka; champion resilient, concurrent processing.
• Own end-to-end delivery: technical design, coding, testing, deployment, and production reliability.
• Drive code quality via reviews, standards, and documentation; mentor teammates.
• Implement data access/integration across legacy and enterprise systems (e.g., XML/SOA/REST) where needed.
• Collaborate with Product/Architecture to plan roadmaps and scale distributed systems.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of professional Java experience (Java 8/17), Spring Boot, and RESTful services.
• Strong multithreading/concurrency, performance tuning, and profiling skills.
• Experience in high-load processing development.
• Experience designing APIs for speed and efficiency, with scalable and distributed architecture.
• Experience with Kafka (streams/consumer groups), CI/CD, and unit/integration testing.
• RDBMS experience (DB2/Oracle/PostgreSQL) and strong SQL expertise.
• AWS fundamentals for building and operating cloud services.
• BS in CS/IT or related field (minimum).
• Bonus: Hibernate/JPA, security best practices, and observability (logs/metrics/traces).

Nice-to-Have Extras

• Messaging patterns, schema versioning, and data migration experience.
• Experience hardening services for high throughput and low latency.
• Familiarity with front-end stacks (React) for cross-functional collaboration.