Java Developer (AWS, AI (Claude/Copilot), DevOps, Kafka)

Java Developer (AWS, AI (Claude/Copilot), DevOps, Kafka)Our client, an IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Java Developer for their Palo Alto, CA/Plano, TX location.Responsibilities:Leads end-to-end delivery of full stack solutions using Java Spring Boot, GraphQL/REST, and AWS-managed services, from design through production support.Drives architecture and design reviews, defining service boundaries, API contracts, data models, and integration patterns.Develops secure, high-quality, production-grade code; conducts thorough code reviews; sets and enforces engineering standards.Builds and maintains highly available and scalable services with strong operational excellence: reliability, performance, cost awareness, and maintainability.Implements and governs authentication/authorization using OIDC/OAuth2, token validation, scopes/claims, and service-to-service security patterns.Establishes robust observability practices (structured logging, metrics, tracing), incident response readiness (runbooks).Evaluates vendor and internal solutions (including architectural fit, security posture, scalability, and operability) and guides adoption decisions.Requirements:Mandatory skills: Java (Spring Boot), Microservices, AWS, RestAPI, AI (Claude or Copilot), DevOps, KafkaMinimum 12+ years applied full stack engineering experience delivering and operating production systems; experience as a senior/lead capacity (technical leadership, design ownership).Java Spring Boot expertise: building APIs, dependency injection, validation, error handling, and performance tuning.GraphQL proficiency: schema design, resolvers, federation/composition patterns (where applicable), query performance (N+1 mitigation, caching), and API governance/versioning strategy.REST proficiency: OpenAPI-style contract design, pagination/filtering, idempotency, backward compatibility, and consumer-driven API evolution.OIDC/OAuth2: hands-on implementation with JWTs, refresh/access token flows, scopes/claims, secure session patterns, and least-privilege access control.AWS experience (hands-on): designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native applications; strong understanding of IAM, networking basics, and operational tooling (logs/metrics/alarms).Data layer expertise: AWS Aurora PostgreSQL: advanced SQL, indexing, query optimization, migrations, and transactional design.AWS Neptune: gremlin, graph modeling, query patterns, and performance considerations for graph workloads.Event-driven systems:AWS Kafka (MSK): topics/partitions, consumer groups, schema evolution, ordering/at-least-once semantics, idempotency, retries/DLQs, and operational monitoring.CI/CD and quality:Strong Git practices, automated testing (unit/integration/contract/e2e), code quality gates, and release confidence practices (feature flags, progressive rollout where applicable).AI-assisted engineering (MUST):Demonstrated proficiency using Claude Code and/or GitHub Copilot to accelerate development, debugging, refactoring, test generation, and documentation—while ensuring correctness, security, and maintainability (e.g., validating outputs, avoiding sensitive data leakage, and adhering to team standards).Years of Experience: 14.00 Years of ExperienceWhy Should You Apply?Health BenefitsReferral ProgramExcellent growth and advancement opportunities