Java Developer USC​/GC​/H4EAD

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Java Developer with 4-8 years of professional experience to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable enterprise applications and distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in modern Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, event-driven architecture, containers, and CI/CD
, along with a solid understanding of application security, observability, and system design.

Exposure to AI/LLM integration and AI-enabled application development using modern Java frameworks is highly desirable.

The candidate must be flexible regarding location and willing to relocate anywhere in the United States for the right opportunity.

4-8 Years

W2 Only

U.S. Citizen / Green Card / H4 EAD Only

Open to opportunities across the United States

Must be willing to relocate anywhere in the U.S. for a suitable opportunity

• AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Cloud-native application development and deployment

• Docker and containerized application development

• Kubernetes and container orchestration

• Helm for Kubernetes application deployment

• CI/CD using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI/CD, Azure Dev Ops, or equivalent

• Apache Kafka or other event-streaming/messaging technologies

• Redis or other distributed caching technologies

• No
  
  SQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, or Cassandra

• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent tools

• Experience with
  Spring Security

• Understanding of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JWT

• Experience securing REST APIs and microservices

• Knowledge of API Gateway patterns and rate limiting

• Understanding of authentication, authorization, secrets management, and secure coding practices

• Familiarity with API documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger

• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka
  , including producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, and event-driven architecture

• Understanding of asynchronous processing and messaging patterns

• Experience designing resilient and scalable distributed services

• Knowledge of fault tolerance, retries, circuit breakers, timeouts, and idempotency

• Exposure to Spring Cloud, Resilience4j
  , or equivalent technologies

• Experience with application and infrastructure monitoring

• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry
  , Splunk, ELK/Open Search, or equivalent observability platforms

• Understanding of metrics, logs, distributed tracing, and application health monitoring

• Experience troubleshooting production issues and analyzing application performance

• Understanding of JVM monitoring, garbage collection, memory management, and performance tuning is a plus

• Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs, or AI-enabled enterprise applications

• Experience with
  Spring AI, Lang Chain4j , or similar Java-based AI integration frameworks is a plus

• Understanding of integrating LLM APIs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG, or AI-powered APIs is desirable

• Experience building applications that consume AI/ML services through REST APIs or cloud AI platforms is a plus

• Working knowledge of modern front-end technologies such as React, Angular, Type Script, HTML, and CSS is a plus

• Understanding of integrating Java/Spring Boot backend services with modern web applications

• Experience with
  Spring Cloud and cloud-native development

• Experience with
  Kafka/event-driven architecture

• Experience with
  Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker

• Experience implementing CI/CD and Dev Sec Ops  practices

• Experience with
  Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

• Understanding of 12-factor application principles

• Experience with
  API design, versioning, documentation, and lifecycle management

• Strong understanding of system design, scalability, availability, reliability, and performance

• Experience working in production environments supporting highly available applications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is preferred

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java-based enterprise applications

• Build and maintain Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs

• Develop cloud-native and distributed applications

• Design and implement event-driven solutions using Kafka

• Integrate applications with relational and No
  
  SQL databases

• Develop secure APIs using Spring Security, OAuth2/OIDC, and JWT

• Write high-quality unit, integration, and automated tests

• Participate in code reviews and maintain coding standards

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Containerize applications using Docker and deploy them using Kubernetes

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize applications in development and production environments

• Collaborate with architects, Dev Ops engineers, QA engineers, product teams, and other developers

• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to technical design and…