Lead Java Developer in Strongsville, OH, and Pittsburgh, PA, with our direct client | Strongsville, Ohio, United States
Indotronix is seeking a Lead Java Developer in the Strongsville, OH, location with our direct client
Position Title: Lead Java Developer
Locations by preference: 1. Most Preferred - Strongsville, OH
2. Second Preferred - Pittsburgh, PA
Ability to work remotely: 5 days onsite.
Acceptable time zone(s): EST
Days of the week: M-F 40 hours
Working Hours: M-F 8-5 EST
OT: Yes, possible
Duration: Contract to hire
Industry background:
Finance/Banking a plus, open to other backgrounds
Must Have Skills:
• Multiple years of experience in software development with a strong focus on Java / J2EE technologies.
• Proven experience in programming Java-based microservices, Kafka, Kstreams, Configuration, and Optimization.
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience writing queries with Oracle.
• Good understanding of containerization technologies like OCP, Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Jenkins, and automated testing tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead technical teams.
• Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
Preferred Skills:
• Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging systems like Kafka.
• Exposure to SAFE Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Understanding of Kafka architecture (brokers, partitions, topics, producers, consumers)
• Experience with Kafka Producers and Consumers using the Kafka Java client
• Distributed Processing Concepts (Just a high level)
• Integration with External Systems
• Connecting Kafka Streams with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)
• Using Kafka Connect for external data integration
• Knowledge of REST APIs and how to expose data from Kafka Streams
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployment, OpenShift
• Using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Logging and tracing using ELK (Elasticsearch) or OpenTelemetry (High level understanding)
• Experience building REST APIs using Spring Boot, Spring Data and reading from databases via APIs
• Monitoring ( Dynatrace) and Optimization, Kafka Streams metrics (through JMX, Grafana, Prometheus)
Preferred Skills:
O Certifications in Kafka, Java technologies.
O Experience with event-driven architecture, messaging systems like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
O Exposure to SAFE Agile/Scrum methodologies
Understanding of Kafka architecture (brokers, partitions, topics, producers, consumers) (High level)
O Experience with Kafka Producers and Consumers using the Kafka Java client
o Knowledge of Kafka topic configurations (retention, replication, partitioning) (High level)
o Understanding of the Kafka Streams
Distributed Processing Concepts (Just a high level)
O Familiarity with event-driven architecture
o Knowledge of exactly-once processing vs at-least-once processing
o Understanding of stream-table duality (Kafka Streams vs. KTables)
o Schema Management
o Experience with Avro, Protobuf, or JSON for structured messages
Integration with External Systems
O Connecting Kafka Streams with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)
o Using Kafka Connect for external data integration
o Knowledge of REST APIs and how to expose data from Kafka Streams
DevOps and Deployment*
O Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployment
o Using CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
o Logging and tracing using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) or OpenTelemetry (High-level understanding)
Testing Kafka Streams Applications
O Writing unit tests with Mockito and JUnit
o Using TestContainers for integration testing with Kafka
o Validating Kafka Streams topologies using TopologyTestDriver
API developers:
O Experience building REST APIs using Spring Boot
o Experience with Spring Data/Spring Data JPA for connecting to and reading from databases via APIs
o Experience writing unit tests using JUnit/Spock
o Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
o Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases
Nice-to-have Skills:
O Monitoring and Optimization
o Understanding of Kafka Streams metrics (through JMX, Grafana, Prometheus)
o Profiling performance and tuning configurations (buffer sizes, commit intervals)
o Handling out-of-order events and rebalancing issues
o Knowledge of Apache Flink or KSQLDB for alternative stream processing
o Knowledge of Docker, OpenShift
o Experience with tools like Dynatrace for troubleshooting
Software development
1.*Non-Negotiable* Expert Java & J2EE
2.*Non-Negotiable* Kafka & Kafka Streams, Mappers
3.*Non-Negotiable* Microservices architecture
4.*Non-Negotiable* Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud)
5.*Non-Negotiable* REST API development
6. Configuration management & performance optimization
7. Oracle & SQL
8. Container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift/OCP)
9.CI/CD & DevOps tooling (pipelines, Git, Jenkins)
10. Automated testing tools
Soft Skills:
• Problem-Solving Skills
• Ability to lead, mentor
Education:
• Bachelor's or relevant experience will be considered
Role Differentiator:
Growth, Opportunity, modern technologies
Interview Process:
• 1st with manager, initial screen ~30 minutes
• 2nd round with technical team (panel) ~45-1 hour
• Possibility to 3rd round if needing further assessment
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We actively strive to attract, retain, and empower a diverse range of talented individuals, recognizing that diverse perspectives and experiences enhance our collective performance.
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