Lead Java Developer (Backend) - Contract to Hire

  • Berkeley Heights, NJ
  • Posted 17 hours ago | Updated 17 hours ago

Overview

On Site
$60 - $70
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

DevOps
Microservices
Java

Job Details

Role: Lead Java Developer with Azure and Kafka and backend Java

Experience: 12+ Years

Location: Berkley, New Jersey.

Type: Contract

Role Description

Develop and maintain backend services for a modern financial product using Java, Microservices/APIs, and Kafka on Azure.

Work with senior engineers to build scalable, secure, high-performance services and learn cloud-native and DevOps best practices.

Participate in code reviews; follow coding standards; support refactoring and improvements.

Collaborate with QA and DevOps to integrate services into CI/CD; troubleshoot defects and performance issues under guidance; participate in Agile ceremonies.

Skills & Proficiency Levels

Skill

Java Programming

OOP & SOLID; Java 8+ (Lambdas, Streams); build REST APIs; DI & configuration; Spring Boot for microservices

Microservices Architecture

Hands-on building microservices; patterns like Circuit Breaker or Saga

Event Streaming

Hands-on with Kafka/Azure Event Hubs and messaging services

DevOps & Deployment

Understand CI/CD and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

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