Java Microservices Engineer

About The Role

The role designs and builds enterprise‑grade microservices and web applications for financial services clients. This is a direct‑hire position - not a consulting arrangement. You will join the product engineering team with full ownership over your technical area.

• Design and develop Spring Boot microservices that handle high‑volume financial transaction processing with reliability and correctness as first priorities
• Build REST and SOAP APIs for integration with core banking systems, payment networks, and third‑party financial data providers
• Design relational database schemas in Oracle and Postgre
  
  SQL; write complex SQL and optimize query performance for high‑transaction environments
• Implement messaging solutions using Kafka or Active
  
  MQ for asynchronous, event‑driven processing between services
• Containerize and deploy services using Docker and Kubernetes on AWS or Azure; maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or Git Hub Actions
• Participate in architectural reviews; contribute to internal engineering standards and reusable library development
• Write thorough unit and integration tests using JUnit and Mockito; document APIs and data models clearly

• 2–6 years of professional Java development with Spring Boot and Spring MVC in an enterprise or financial services environment
• Strong experience building and consuming REST APIs; working knowledge of SOAP web services in legacy integration contexts
• SQL proficiency in Oracle or Postgre
  
  SQL: joins, stored procedures, query optimization, transaction management
• Familiarity with message brokers:
  Kafka, Active
  
  MQ, or RabbitMQ
• Docker and basic Kubernetes knowledge; CI/CD experience with Jenkins, Maven, and Git Hub Actions
• AWS or Azure cloud deployment experience preferred
• Bonus:
  Spring Cloud (Eureka, Zuul, Config Server), Azure Service Bus, Spring Batch, or financial services domain knowledge

Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)

• Dallas, TX
• Chicago, IL
• New York, NY
• Atlanta, GA
• New Jersey