Senior Java Technical Lead

Senior Java Technical Lead RESTful API / Apigee / Apache Camel

Location : Kansas City Missouri (Barton County Kansas Onsite) C2C Onsite

Pay Rate : $55 / hr

Industry : Modern Application Development / Microservices / API Engineering

End Date : 28-Nov-2026

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Technical Lead with strong expertise in Java Spring Boot RESTful API design Apigee API Gateway and Apache Camel. The ideal candidate will lead API development initiatives design secure and scalable integration services and guide the team in best practices for microservices architecture. This role requires hands-on experience with API proxy creation Camel route development data transformation and cloud-ready application deployment. The candidate will play a key role in designing API standards troubleshooting complex integration issues and ensuring high-quality deliverables in an onsite environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot and OpenAPI / Swagger standards.
• Build and maintain Apigee API proxies including routing rules security policies mediation and traffic management.
• Develop integration routes using Apache Camel (Java DSL / XML DSL) and work with components such as HTTP JMS and Kafka.
• Implement data transformation using JAXB / Jackson for XML / JSON processing.
• Ensure strong API security using OAuth2 JWT API Keys TLS / SSL and threat-protection controls.
• Perform unit testing using JUnit especially for Camel-based flows.
• Troubleshoot complex integration issues using Apigee debugging tools and ELK monitoring.
• Own API lifecycle management versioning deployment and performance optimization.
• Provide technical leadership conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end microservices solutions.

Required Qualifications

Key Skills

REST,Eclipse,Junit,Spring,Struts,SOAP,Jpa,Hibernate,Maven,J2EE,Jdbc,Java

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1