Senior Java Developer Kafka & Microservices Expert

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Java Developer with deep Kafka implementation experience and hands-on expertise in Java (17/21) and Spring Boot (3/4). The ideal candidate should have practical experience designing and developing event-driven microservices, and be well-versed with modern DevOps and observability tooling.
This role requires onsite presence (WFO) and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and observable software solutions.

Must-Have Skill Set:

• Java 17/21

  Advanced understanding of OOP and functional programming

• Spring Boot 3.x / 4.x

  REST API development, lifecycle management

• Kafka

  Real-world hands-on experience with:
• Producer/Consumer models
• Partitions & Consumer Groups
• Offset Management
• Message Delivery Semantics (at-least/at-most/exactly-once)
• Kafka Streams & Event-driven design
• Scaling Kafka consumers

• Testing:

  JUnit 5, Cucumber (BDD-style testing)

• Tooling & CI/CD:

• Gradle, GitHub
• Nexus, Artifactory
• SonarQube, Jacoco
• Jenkins (CI/CD pipelines)

• Containerization & Deployment:

  Kubernetes, Helm

• Databases:

  PostgreSQL, HBase

Nice-to-Have / Desired Skills:

• Messaging Systems:

  RabbitMQ

• Cloud/DevOps:

  AWS, OCP (OpenShift), HashiCorp Vault

• Observability:

  Datadog, Grafana, Logback, logging/tracing concepts

• Security:

  JWT, Kerberos, CVE management

• NoSQL Datastores:

  MongoDB, DynamoDB

• Design Patterns & Architecture:

• Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• RESTful API design,versioning, and service migration

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Kafka-based event-driven microservices using Java & Spring Boot
• Develop and maintain REST APIs following industry best practices
• Conduct unit and integration testing using JUnit 5 and Cucumber
• Manage deployments via Kubernetes & Helm
• Maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related tools
• Enhance system observability through Datadog, Grafana, and advanced logging
• Work closely with DevOps and security teams for compliance and robustness
• Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years in Java backend development
• 2-3 years of practical Kafka implementation experience (not just theory)
• Strong experience in microservices architecture and RESTful service design
• Willingness to work onsite (WFO) as required

Interview Focus Areas:

• Real-world Kafka implementation experience
• Event-driven architecture and messaging patterns
• Microservices and API development using Spring Boot
• Spring Bean scopes and dependency injection lifecycle
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD and observability tools

How to Apply:

real-world experience with Apache Kafka

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