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Java Developer

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 3 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago

Full Time

Travel Required

On-site

$65 - $68/hr

Purplejack Technologies LLC

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Job Details

Skills

Amazon Web Services
Java
Microservices
Database
RESTful
Kotlin
Apache Kafka

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Position Title - Software Engineer (Java Developer)

Location - Chicago, IL

Duration - 12 Months

Description

Required Education

Bachelors Degree.

Required Skills:

Strong AWS expertise – designing and operating cloud-native, highly available distributed systems Advanced Java and/or Kotlin in production environments
Spring Boot – building microservices and REST APIs (Spring Web/MVC, dependency injection, configuration, actuator/health checks)
Microservices architecture and distributed systems patterns (service boundaries, resiliency, fault tolerance)
RESTful API design and implementation with documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
SQL and relational databases – data modeling, query tuning, performance optimization
NoSQL / non-relational data stores (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra)
CI/CD pipelines and build/deploy automation (quality gates, repeatable releases)
Data streaming / asynchronous messaging – event-driven patterns (e.g., Kafka)
Observability – logging, metrics, tracing, and production troubleshooting / incident investigation
Strong technical communication skills – able to clearly explain complex designs and trade-offs to engineers, product owners, and managers
Collaborative mindset – ability to work effectively across teams on shared architectures and dependencies
Technical leadership and ownership – driving decisions and follow-through on complex engineering problems
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking – especially in debugging, production support, and performance issues
Ability to balance technical depth with delivery – making pragmatic decisions aligned with business priorities
Comfortable participating in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) while remaining primarily hands-on Job Requirements Provide deep technical leadership for the design and implementation of Java-based, cloud-native systems on AWS
Define service architecture, data flows, and integration patterns to meet strict scalability, availability, and security requirements
Drive architectural decisions across microservices, event-driven, and asynchronous processing patterns
Ensure clear service ownership and well-defined contracts between services
Define standards for infrastructure-as-code, resiliency, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation
Proactively identify architectural bottlenecks, scalability constraints, and technical debt
Lead development of core backend services using modern Java frameworks and AWS-native patterns
Design and implement RESTful and event-based APIs
Build message-driven processing and distributed data management solutions
Guide adoption of AWS services including managed compute, messaging, storage, and databases
Investigate and resolve defects, performance issues, and production incidents
Implement fixes and improvements to ensure system stability and reliability
Support reliable operation of distributed systems in production through observability, logging, metrics, and tracing
Review pull requests and lead technical design discussions
Define architecture and implementation standards for the team
Establish technical best practices for CI/CD automation, observability, and production troubleshooting

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Pooja Shikha

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Position Id: 503299
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About Purplejack Technologies LLC

PurpleJACK SEO is a global Internet marketing company based throughout the US. We focus primarily on our customers ROI and revenue, not just clicks or rankings. This is done by providing you with best SEO services based on white hat SEO strategies as well as a diverse selection of online marketing services.

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