Position : Java FSD with AWS, Kafka
Location : Chicago, IL
Experience : 8+yrs
Visa : H1B, USC, GC, H4EAD
Client : Banking
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's / Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 4-8 years of backend development experience with Java (Java 8+ / Spring Boot, Spring Cloud) .
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, S3, RDS, ECS / EKS, CloudWatch, IAM).
- Strong knowledge of Apache Kafka (producers, consumers, schema registry, stream processing).
- Proficiency with CI / CD pipelines and version control (Git).
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB).
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).Experience with Terraform / CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code.Familiarity with monitoring & logging tools (ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana).Exposure to message queues (SQS, RabbitMQ) or streaming frameworks (Kafka Streams, Flink, Spark Streaming).Certifications in AWS or Kafka are a plus.