Senior Java Backend/Microservices Engineer - Telecom

At Tech Mahindra ( Tech Mahindra | Connected World, Connected Experiences ), we live the philosophy of connected world and connected experiences. We thrive on change that is powered by the intelligent symphony of technology and humans designing meaningful and sustainable experiences. Consumer 'experiences' are driving and disrupting industries like never before. Businesses must build seamless yet simple enterprises that collaborate, synergize, and drive the change. Change that connects us all and empowers us to deliver experiences that span across the digital, the physical, the convergent, and everything in between. That's when truly connected experiences manifest.

Extraordinary is when experiences come together a continuous convergence of digital technologies, touchpoints, and most importantly people. It's time to reimagine, reinvent, and revolutionize business models & operations as well as to transform enterprises into living, breathing, and connected businesses. We are the Digital Change makers who strive to change the way the world, communities, businesses, and humans interact digitally. We are harnessing the power of change, brought in by technologies, that makes it the most exciting time to be alive in human history. Our universe, as we build it, disrupt it, and redesign it, is powering the digital change.

Tech Mahindra represents the connected world, offering innovative and customer-centric information technology experiences, enabling Enterprises, Associates, and the Society to Rise. It has 150,000+ professionals working for 1000+ Global Customers (including Fortune 500 companies) in 90 Countries. We're part of the esteemed Mahindra group, headquartered in India. Under a new CEO, Tech Mahindra is committed to a transformative journey with 'Scale @ Speed' as our guiding principle.

Job Title: Senior Java Backend/Microservices Engineer Telecom

Work Location: Bay Area, CA (Preferred), Plano, TX

Onsite/Hybrid/Remote: Onsite

Job Description:

Must Have

• Java 17+ (ideally 21 with virtual threads experience)
• Spring Boot - dependency injection, auto-configuration, profiles
• Apache Kafka - producers, consumers, consumer groups, offset management, SASL/SSL
• Redis - data structures (hashes, lists), connection pooling, pub/sub patterns
• Kubernetes - pods, services, ConfigMaps, deployments, debugging with kubectl
• REST API design - Spring MVC controllers, OpenAPI/Swagger

Strong Plus

• Cassandra - data modeling (partition keys, clustering), CQL, TimeWindowCompaction
• Elasticsearch/OpenSearch - indexing, queries, mapping
• Protocol Buffers - schema definition, serialization/deserialization
• Helm charts - templating, values, chart dependencies
• AWS - MSK, Secrets Manager, EKS, IAM roles for service accounts
• WebSocket - long-lived connections, binary frames, STOMP protocol

Highly Desirable

• Development experience in cloud-based telecom CPE management, telemetry, and service orchestration

Nice to Have

• GraalJS / polyglot JVM experience
• Kafka Connect, schema registries
• Performance tuning at scale (GC tuning, thread pools, connection pools)

The pay range for this role is $85k- $125k per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. Tech Mahindra also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience, and location of the candidate.

The Payrate is $60/hr. - $70/hr. C2C

"Tech Mahindra is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely based on their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at View email address on us.fitly.work ."