Java/Kafka API Developer

Senior Java/Kafka API Developer

Location: Plano, TX (Need someone Local) Duration: 12 Months

Job Description: Experience and Qualification: 10-15+ years of technical delivery experience with a demonstrated track record of growing responsibility. Experience in building large scale enterprise development. Hands on experience in building applications using event driven framework using Kafka. Familiarity with micro services API design best practices including SSO, testing, documentation, monitoring. Using and developing REST API services using messaging integration via Kafka. Development experience in building consumers using Confluent, Vector. Experience in deploying applications to Kubernetes. Development experience using APIGEE API products. Experience in Kafka is a MUST. Must have strong expertise in JAVA/J2EE services using Spring Boot, Spring CLI, Maven, web-services, REST APIs, microservices, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing. Experience with Git and Bitbucket. Ensure detailed designs align with solution architecture. Act as a focal point for any changes to approved designs (solution or component level). Ensure non-functional (solution) requirements are considered (e.g., monitoring, scalability, availability, etc.). Demonstrated experience creating modern, event-based server-side or backend application architectures (Spring Framework, Apache Hadoop). Expertise in service technologies (microservices, domain-driven design, Spring Boot, REST. Good interpersonal, verbal, written, communication, and problem-solving skills. Results-driven, self-motivated, experience working individually as well as a member of a team.