Java/AWS Engineer

Hybrid until Jersey City goes fully onsite in Jersey City, NJ

Our client seeks a Java/AWS Engineer to develop Kafka-based event-driven applications and RESTful APIs within a high-throughput, low-latency brokerage processing domain. The role will design and build reusable microservices on AWS while supporting modernization from legacy systems to cloud-native solutions. You will apply CI/CD practices, containerization, and automation testing to deliver scalable, resilient services.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $85.00 to $90.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and build scalable, low-latency event-driven services using Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Kafka.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices with a focus on reusability and high throughput.
• Leverage AWS managed services, containerization, and infrastructure automation to deploy resilient applications.
• Implement CI/CD practices including feature toggles, blue-green deployments, and A/B testing to reduce risk and cycle time.
• Create automation testing with frameworks such as Cucumber to ensure quality and reliability.
• Participate in technical discussions and provide guidance to accelerate modernization squads.
• Optimize data access using Hibernate/JDBC and connection pooling with relational databases.
• Build and operate observability with CloudWatch and related tooling to ensure service health.

Experience Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience building event-driven applications with Apache Kafka.
• Proficiency in designing high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and microservices with Spring Boot.
• Hands-on experience with container-based development using Docker.
• Experience with Hibernate ORM, JDBC, and connection pooling against relational databases.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices such as GitHub, Jenkins, Stash, Artifactory, and Terraform.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SQS, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, and EKS (preferred).
• Automation testing experience using frameworks like Cucumber.
• Background in implementing microservices architecture and highly automated, scalable infrastructure.