Job Title: Sr. Java Kafka Developer
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
Position Type: Fulltime / Contract
Job Description:
This role is part of the Renaissance project and the person engaged will architect, design and build streaming solution(s) as part of a Risk Based set of systems.
We need a major contributor in the development of scalable resilient hybrid Cloud-based distributed computing solutions, supporting critical financial risk management activities.
You will help in the transformation of the enterprise into a data-driven organization.
The role is for someone with experience in cloud
development, having the ability to design large scale micro services based streaming solution(s).
Further, this person should have hands on technical skills in creating prototype(s) and in setting right standards around software development practices.
Skill and Experience Required:
7-10+ years of technical experience building newly configured, and designed data-centric software solutions
Advance level knowledge and use of Java 8+ w/experience using Multithreading, Collections, Streams API and functional programming, working on real enterprise projects.
Minimum of one year working experience in developing cloud native streaming applications using Kafka, Kafka Streams and Spring Framework.
Hands-on experience with any high speed distributed computing frameworks such as AWS EMR, Hadoop, HDFS, S3, MapReduce, Apache Spark, Apache Hive, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink etc.
Some hands-on experience with a distributed message broker, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Amazon Kinesis, etc.
Hands-on experience with AWS foundational services like VPCs, Security groups, EC2, RDS, S3 ACLs, KMS, AWS CLI and IAM etc. and experience with Big Data architectures and BI solutions
These are plusses to have
Intermediate working knowledge of DevOps tools Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, Nexus/Artifactory and CI/CD pipeline etc.
Comprehensive debugging and troubleshooting skills, resourcefulness and strong researching skills
Proficiency and demonstrated skills in both Oral and Written business communications
If you believe you are qualified for this position and are currently in the job market or interested in making a change, please email me the resume along with contact details at