Request-ID: 120319-1
Job Title: AWS Cloud - Java Engineer
Work Location & Reporting Address: Whippany, NJ 07981 (Onsite-Hybrid. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY!!!)
Contract duration: 12
RATE: $56 per hour w2
Target Start Date: 15 May 2026
Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? Yes
Must Have Skills:
โข Java Proficiency: Expert-level knowledge of Core Java and the Spring Framework.
โข Kafka Mastery: Hands-on experience with Kafka Streams, consumer group design, and resilient processing patterns.
โข AWS Expertise: Familiarity with core AWS services and ideally AWS Certification (Developer or Architect Associate).
โข Microservices: Practical experience with RESTful APIs, service decomposition, and patterns like circuit breakers or sagas.
โข Database Knowledge: Often requires experience with NoSQL or SQL databases such as Cassandra, DynamoDB, or PostgreSQL.
Nice to Have Skills:
Detailed Job Description:
Core Responsibilities
โข Design & Development: Build and maintain high-quality backend services using Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem.
โข Event-Driven Architecture: Design and optimize Apache Kafka streaming pipelines, including managing producers, consumers, topic partitioning, and schema evolution.
โข Cloud Infrastructure: Deploy and manage scalable cloud services on AWS, specifically utilizing Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Kafka), Lambda, EC2, S3, and RDS.
โข Pipeline Management: Implement real-time or near real-time data pipelines to ingest and process substantial data volumes.
โข Quality & Operations: Ensure operational stability through unit testing, code reviews, CI/CD automation, and performance tuning at the JVM level.
Required Technical Skills
โข Java Proficiency: Expert-level knowledge of Core Java and the Spring Framework.
โข Kafka Mastery: Hands-on experience with Kafka Streams, consumer group design, and resilient processing patterns.
โข AWS Expertise: Familiarity with core AWS services and ideally AWS Certification (Developer or Architect Associate).
โข Microservices: Practical experience with RESTful APIs, service decomposition, and patterns like circuit breakers or sagas.
โข Database Knowledge: Often requires experience with NoSQL or SQL databases such as Cassandra, DynamoDB, or PostgreSQL.
Minimum Years of Experience:
โข 5-8+ years
Certifications Needed:
โข None
Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute:
Interview Process (Is face to face required?)
โข In-Person is MANDATORY