Java Developer - Spring Boot | Microservices | Kafka / Solace

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and Microservices following enterprise architecture and coding standards.
• Design and implement event-driven and asynchronous applications using Kafka or Solace/MQ.
• Develop Kafka producers/consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, and message-processing workflows.
• Work with Solace PubSub+ / MQ for reliable messaging and event distribution, where applicable.
• Implement business logic, data processing, error handling, and exception management.
• Ensure applications are scalable, highly available, secure, and performant.
• Participate in the complete SDLC including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Troubleshoot application, API, microservices, and messaging-related issues.
• Collaborate with Architects, Business Analysts, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
• Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and well-tested code.
• Perform code reviews and contribute to technical design and architecture discussions.
• Implement unit and integration testing using appropriate Java testing frameworks.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud/containerized application deployments where required.

Requirements

• 6+ years of hands-on Java development experience.
• Strong expertise in Core Java, Java 8+, OOP, Collections, Exception Handling, and Multithreading.
• Strong hands-on experience with Spring Boot.
• Solid experience developing Microservices-based applications.
• Strong experience developing REST APIs and service integrations.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka OR Solace/MQ.
• Good understanding of event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and distributed systems.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with Git and standard software development practices.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.