Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Java/Kafka Developer with strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Apache Kafka, REST APIs, and Distributed Systems. The ideal candidate will develop scalable, high-performance, event-driven applications and contribute to cloud-ready enterprise solutions using modern DevOps practices.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, and Spring Framework.
- Extensive experience developing microservices and RESTful APIs.
- Strong expertise in Apache Kafka, including producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, and stream processing.
- Experience designing event-driven and distributed system architectures.
- Strong knowledge of asynchronous communication, fault tolerance, scalability, and application resiliency.
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL.
- Strong SQL skills, including query optimization, stored procedures, data modeling, and performance tuning.
- Experience with Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency with Git and Maven.
- Understanding of cloud-native application development and deployment.
- Experience with application monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise-grade Java applications and microservices.
- Build scalable and resilient services using Spring Boot and Spring Framework.
- Design and implement RESTful APIs and service integrations, including API security, versioning, logging, and error handling.
- Develop and maintain Kafka-based event-driven applications, including producers, consumers, and stream-processing solutions.
- Configure and optimize Kafka topics, partitions, and consumer groups for high-throughput and reliable messaging.
- Troubleshoot Kafka, distributed-system, application performance, and data consistency issues.
- Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed applications.
- Develop and optimize SQL queries, database objects, and data models.
- Support database performance tuning, migration, and modernization activities.
- Develop and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and automate build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
- Follow secure coding practices, development standards, and engineering best practices.
- Perform code reviews and ensure adequate unit and integration test coverage.
- Use Git for version control and Maven for dependency and build management.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical discussions, design reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with architects, business analysts, QA engineers, product owners, and DevOps teams throughout the SDLC.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures.
- Knowledge of Kafka monitoring and observability tools.
- Experience with Docker/Kubernetes is a plus.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.