Senior Java Developer with AI Experience

Senior Java Developer with AI ExperienceLocation: Chicago, Illinois (Hybrid – 3 days/week onsite, locals only)Company Overview: Glint Tech Solutions is a women-owned global IT staffing and recruiting firm serving clients across the USA and Canada. We connect top-tier technical talent with leading enterprise organizations.Project DescriptionOur client, a leading enterprise organization, is seeking a Senior Java Developer with hands-on AI/GenAI experience to join its Digital Technology team supporting the enterprise Notifications platform. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role focused on designing, developing, and modernizing notification platform services, event-driven integrations, and AI-enabled communication capabilities. This is not a management role — the expectation is active coding, debugging, and production delivery.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement core services for the enterprise Notifications platform, including APIs, event-driven integrations, and orchestration componentsWrite, review, debug, and optimize production code hands-onBuild cloud-native backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Apache Camel, microservices, and AWSDevelop and integrate AI/GenAI capabilities including prompt design, LLM integration, RAG pipelines, embeddings/vector search, semantic search, classification, and summarizationPrototype, validate, and productionize AI features, factoring in latency, accuracy, cost, and reliabilityDesign for high availability, scalability, resiliency, observability, and securitySupport integrations with internal systems, eventing platforms, and vendor-managed servicesTroubleshoot complex production issues including performance and integration failuresCollaborate with architects, product owners, and stakeholders to convert requirements into working solutionsContribute to technical design, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD practicesMentor developers through code-level guidance while remaining primarily hands-onMandatory SkillsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience8+ years overall software engineering and SDLC delivery experience8+ years hands-on Java backend development (Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices)3+ years hands-on experience with event-driven systems, messaging, or notification platformsHands-on experience with Apache Camel or equivalent integration frameworks4+ years hands-on AWS experience (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudFront, Lambda, EKS, ECS, API Gateway, DynamoDB, DocumentDB, AmazonMQ)Strong hands-on AI/GenAI implementation experience in production-grade applicationsPractical experience with LLM integration, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings/vector search, semantic search, classification, summarization, or AI-assisted workflow automationUnderstanding of responsible AI and secure AI practices — data privacy, guardrails, evaluation, monitoring, auditabilityExperience with observability tools (Dynatrace, ELK Stack, CloudWatch)Experience in agile delivery environments with CI/CD, automated testing, and production supportStrong analytical and independent problem-solving skillsEffective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholdersNice-to-Have SkillsExperience designing enterprise notification, communication, or eventing platform solutionsExperience with Twilio or similar communication/messaging platformsApplying AI to communication use cases (personalization, routing, prioritization, intent classification, anomaly detection)AI observability, LLMOps/MLOps practices, model/prompt evaluationAWS certification or equivalentHigh-scale, 24x7 production environment experienceAirline, travel, customer platforms, or crew operations domain experience