Developer, Backend Developer, Software Development

Join a senior backend engineering opportunity focused on building and enhancing high-volume systems that power price updates through REST APIs and Kafka-based event processing. This role offers the chance to contribute to an active platform modernization effort while working independently and collaborating with distributed engineering teams in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

• Develop and support backend services that help process and publish pricing updates across a large enterprise platform.
• Build, enhance, and maintain RESTful APIs that support reliable, high-volume business operations.
• Design and implement Kafka producer and consumer workflows for event-driven processing.
• Contribute to both modernized architecture and existing production systems as part of an ongoing platform transformation.
• Work with relational databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL, as well as distributed No
  
  SQL technologies like Cassandra.
• Troubleshoot issues, write quality code, test solutions thoroughly, and deliver production‑ready work with minimal guidance.
• Collaborate closely with engineering partners across U.S. and India‑based teams and participate in meetings during Central Time business hours.

• Strong professional experience developing enterprise applications in Java.
• Working knowledge of Kotlin, or the ability to become productive in Kotlin quickly.
• Hands‑on experience building and supporting REST APIs in production environments.
• Deep experience with Kafka, including both producer and consumer implementations.
• Experience with relational databases such as Oracle and/or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with distributed No
  
  SQL databases such as Cassandra.
• Ability to ramp up quickly in a large existing codebase and contribute independently.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative mindset in a distributed Agile setting.

• Experience working in modular monorepo architectures.
• Background in framework‑light or framework‑free Java environments.
• Familiarity with RocksDB.
• Experience supporting high‑throughput, event‑driven, or large‑scale distributed systems.
• Retail, pricing, or eCommerce platform experience.

Horizontal Talent is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diversity, equity, and inclusion are valued and respected. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who bring unique perspectives, experiences, and ideas to help build stronger teams and better outcomes.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement

The pay range for this role is $49 - $85 per hour based on qualifications and experience.