Sr Java Architect Gen AI Integration

Senior Java Architect

Location: CA (Remote)
Duration: 12 Months contract

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise across Java, Spring Boot, event-driven microservices, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, modern frontend technologies, and enterprise architecture, along with hands‑on experience integrating Generative AI and intelligent application capabilities into enterprise platforms.

• 12+ years of overall software development experience with strong enterprise Java background.
• Java 17/21+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security strong hands‑on experience required.
• Enterprise Microservices + Distributed Systems + REST API architecture.
• Apache Kafka / Kafka Streams with event‑driven architecture experience.
• Debezium CDC and real‑time data/event processing experience.
• Kubernetes + Docker + Helm with production enterprise deployments.
• KEDA for event‑driven Kubernetes autoscaling.
• Istio or Linkerd service mesh experience.
• Argo CD / Git Ops for Kubernetes CI/CD deployments.
• React.js + Type Script/JavaScript for modern full‑stack development.
• Generative AI integration into enterprise Java applications is required.
• LangChain4j / Spring AI + RAG + AI Agents experience strongly required.
• MCP integration with enterprise Java applications is a key differentiator.
• Strong AWS/Azure, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, PostgreSQL/Oracle, Redis and Open Telemetry experience preferred.

• Q1:
  Does the candidate have expertise building event‑driven microservices using Java 17/21+, Spring Boot, and Spring Security?
• Q2:
  Has the candidate implemented real‑time data processing pipelines and event‑driven architectures using Apache Kafka / Kafka Streams along with Debezium CDC?
• Q3:
  Has the candidate integrated Generative AI, RAG architecture, or AI Agents into enterprise Java applications using tools like LangChain4j, Spring AI, or Model Context Protocol (MCP)?
• Q4:
  Does the candidate have hands‑on experience deploying enterprise workloads to Kubernetes using Helm, Git Ops (Argo CD), service meshes (Istio/Linkerd), and KEDA for autoscaling?

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