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Contract Java Microservices Jobs in Chicago, IL (NOW HIRING)

Java Developer (W2 only)

Chicago, IL · On-site

$52.50 - $68/hr

Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 Days/Week Onsite) Duration: Long-Term Contract Job Type: W2 Only Job ... Design and develop REST APIs and microservices . * Work with databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL ...

Project Manager | Java | Springboot

Chicago, IL · On-site

$52.50 - $68/hr

Contract duration 12 Target Start Date 10 Aug 2026 Job Details: Minimum 10 + years' Experience will ... Design, develop, and maintain REST APIs and microservices using Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring ...

Java Developer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$50 - $55/hr

Chicago, IL Assignment Type: 6+ Month Contract Pay: $50/hr-$55/hr Work Schedule: Hybrid Schedule ... Their engineering teams leverage cloud technologies, microservices architecture, and API-first ...

Java Developer

Naperville, IL · On-site

$51 - $66/hr

Java Developer Naperville , IL (Onsite ) Contract JD: Strong hands-on experience in Core Java (Multithreading| Collections| Streams| JVM tuning). Extensive experience in Microservices architecture ...

Java Developer

Chicago, IL · On-site

$52.50 - $68/hr

Contract * Lead design development and deployment of complex business process management solutions ... Design and develop microservices and REST APIs that interact seamlessly with Camunda workflows and ...

Java Developer Lead Chicago IL (3 days onsite) Contract/Fulltime At least 10 years of Java development experience. Core Java (Java 17+), Spring Boot, microservices architecture and RESTful APIs. Must ...

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Senior Java Microservices Lead - Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka

Tech Mirrors

Chicago, IL • On-site

Other

Posted 13 days ago


Job description

Senior Java Developer

Location:Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Contract

RoleOverview

WearelookingforahighlyskilledandexperiencedSeniorJavaDeveloperwithstrongexpertiseincloud-nativeapplicationdevelopmentanddeploymentwithintheAzureecosystem.

Theidealcandidateshouldhavehands-onexperiencewithcontainerization,orchestration,APImanagement,distributedmessagingsystems,andcachingtechnologies.

ExperienceintheBrokerage/CapitalMarketsdomainwillbeanaddedadvantage.

1. Project Overview

• The opportunity is for a Greenfield Project involving development from scratch.

• The selected candidate is expected to:

o Build the application from the ground up

o Lead the project technically

o Handle architecture responsibilities

o Work directly with onsite stakeholders and customers

o This is not a maintenance or support role.

2. Experience Expectations

• Although the JD mentions 8+ years, the expectation is:

o Minimum 10+ years preferred

o Ideally 12+ years of strong hands-on Java experience

• Candidate should have:

o Consistent experience in Java technologies

o Strong background in Java Microservices

o No mixed career path involving .NET, Testing, Python, etc., before moving into Java

3. Mandatory Technical Skills

The following skills were highlighted as critical:

• Java

• Java Microservices

• Kafka

• Azure Cloud

• Kubernetes

• CI/CD

• REST APIs

• Caching

• Infrastructure as Code

RequiredExperience

•10+yearsofexperienceinJavaapplicationdevelopment

•Strongexperienceindesigninganddevelopingscalableenterpriseapplications

•ExperienceworkinginAgile/Scrumenvironments

MustHaveTechnicalSkills

•StrongexpertiseinJava/J2EE,SpringBoot,andMicroservicesarchitecture

•Hands-onexperiencewithDockerandKubernetes

•StrongexposuretoAzureCloudEcosystem

•ExperiencewithAzureKubernetesService(AKS)

•ExperiencewithAzureAPIManagement(APIM)

•ExperiencewithAzurePubSub/MessagingServices

•StrongknowledgeofRedisCaching

•ExperiencewithRESTAPIsandevent-drivenarchitecture

•KnowledgeofCI/CDpipelinesandDevOpspractices

•ExperiencewithGit,Maven/Gradle,Jenkins,orsimilartools

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