Full Stack Developer

We have an opening for a Full Stack Developer in Chicago, IL. Start date is 3/9 and will last for 10+ MONTHS. This is a temp to perm role

Onsite required at least 3x a week

Pay Rate is 55-63/hr

Skills (EXPERT/ADVANCED/NONE)

•  Java Development
• Java 17
• Spring Boot 
• Apache Kafka

Description:
Required Skills & Experience
•    12+ years of hands-on Java development experience
•    Strong proficiency in Java 17 (streams, concurrency, JVM internals, performance tuning)
•    Extensive experience with Spring Boot (Spring MVC, Spring Data, Spring Security, Actuator)
•    Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka (Kafka Streams, exactly once semantics, schema evolution)
•    Experience building microservices and distributed systems
•    Solid understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and asynchronous processing
•    Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
•    Strong understanding of threading, concurrency, and memory management
•    Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
•    Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices is a plus

Deliverables:
•    Design and develop high-throughput, low-latency backend services using Java 17 and Spring Boot
•    Build and maintain event-driven and streaming architectures using Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, partitions, offsets, schemas)
•    Design RESTful APIs and integrate with downstream and upstream systems
•    Ensure application resilience, scalability, security, and performance
•    Write clean, testable, and well-documented code following best practices
•    Perform code reviews and provide technical guidance to junior engineers
•    Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call or operational support as needed
•    Collaborate closely with product, platform, and DevOps teams