Senior Software Engineer (Java / AWS / Kafka)

About Us Indigo Beam Consulting provides a common-sense approach to solving business problems through technology.

Born out of Bluware Inc. which has been in business for twenty-seven years, Indigo Beam was conceived as a full-service business consulting company that deeply cares about creating technology solutions that are in harmony with the environments in which they exist.

We believe that for a technology solution to be sustainable, it must be congruent with the business processes it serves, indigenously maintainable, and cognizant of the unique traits of the organization which it calls home.

Senior Software Engineer (Java / AWS / Kafka) Location: Houston, TX

Employment Type: Long-term contract (W2 hourly) NO C2C About The Role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design, build and support integration solutions across a modern, cloud-based ecosystem. You will work with event-driven architectures, microservices and AWS services to connect systems reliably and at scale. This is a long-term contract with a collaborative team that values quality, ownership and clear communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain integration services and microservices using Java and Spring Boot
• Build and support event-driven solutions with Kafka (AWS MSK), JMS, EventBridge and SQS/SNS
• Develop serverless workflows using AWS Lambda and Step Functions
• Design and expose APIs through AWS API Gateway
• Work with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Aurora/RDS), including SQL and PL/SQL development
• Manage database schema changes with Liquibase
• Build data integration and ETL processes using AWS Glue and S3
• Containerize applications with Docker and provision infrastructure with Terraform
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Harness and Azure DevOps
• Monitor application health and performance with Datadog, and manage Kafka environments with Conduktor
• Contribute to front-end features when needed using Angular, React or Next.js
• Troubleshoot production issues and work with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions

Requirements

• Java (8, 17 and 21), Spring and Spring Boot
• JavaScript/TypeScript with AngularJS, Angular, React and Next.js
• Python
• Microservices architecture
• XML, YAML and JSON
• Terraform and Docker
• Bash/Shell scripting
• Kafka and JMS
• Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL and PL/SQL
• Liquibase
• Hibernate and JDBC
• AWS: EventBridge, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, Aurora/RDS, Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, S3, MSK and Secrets Manager
• Git/GitHub, Harness and general CI/CD practices
• Azure and Azure DevOps
• Conduktor
• Datadog