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Java Engineer, Kafka
Ignite IT - Innovation & Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Ashburn • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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SeniorLead
Tech Stack
ApacheAWSAzureCassandraCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformHibernateJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesMongoDBNoSQLOraclePostgresRedisSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL
About the role
- Join an Agile Scrum team providing software development and maintenance for delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles.
- Responsible for activities associated with delivery of software solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects by working in close collaboration with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.
Requirements
- *Required: *
- - Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to:
- - 1 year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
- - 1 year check for illegal drug use
- - 3 year check for felony convictions
- - 5+ years of professional experience in Java backend development.
- - 3+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying applications with Spring Boot.
- - Deep, proven expertise with Apache Kafka, including both the Producer and Consumer APIs, Kafka Streams, and related concepts (e.g., topics, partitions, consumer groups, offsets).
- - Strong experience implementing Kafka solutions using Spring framework. Proficiency with Kafka Schema Registry for schema management and evolution.
- - Solid understanding of event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and microservices design patterns.
- - Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and ORM frameworks (e.g., Spring Data JPA, Hibernate).
- - Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- - Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
- - Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork abilities.
- - Professional Experience: at least seven (7) years related technical experience, with software design, development and implementation
- - College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline.
- - Equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree
- *Desired:*
- - Direct experience with Confluent Kafka.
- - Experience with other NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) or in-memory data stores (e.g., Redis).
- - A strong understanding of data governance and data quality principles in an event-driven context.
- - DevOps experience/CI/CD pipeline.
Benefits
- - 401(k)
- - 401(k) matching
- - Dental insurance
- - Flexible schedule
- - Flexible spending account
- - Health insurance
- - Health savings account
- - Life insurance
- - Paid time off
- - Professional development assistance
- - Referral program
- - Retirement plan
- - Tuition reimbursement
- - Vision insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
JavaSpring BootApache KafkaKafka StreamsPostgreSQLSQL ServerOracleSpring Data JPAHibernateDocker
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingdebugging skillscommunicationinterpersonal skillsteamwork
