Design, build, and deploy custom software and database application features across both legacy and modernized systems.
Serve as an Agile Scrum team member providing software development and maintenance for the delivery of releasable software in short sprint cycles.
Responsible for activities associated with delivery of software solutions associated with customer-defined systems and software projects by working in close collaboration with software developers/engineers, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes.
Provide improvements to the product(s) being supported.
Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases.
Support release planning with conceptual design and development / refinement of software engineering guidelines.
Analyze complex project-related problems and create innovative solutions involving scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components.
Ensure product quality and timeliness of work, provide advice and guidance, resolve problems to meet objectives, and provide periodic performance reports.
Provide mentoring to junior members of the team.

You must live within the DC, MD, VA area.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Candidate must be able to obtain CBP Public Trust clearance.
5+ years of professional experience in Java backend development.
3+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying applications with Spring Boot.
Deep, proven expertise with Apache Kafka, including both the Producer and Consumer APIs, Kafka Streams, and related concepts (e.g., topics, partitions, consumer groups, offsets).
Strong experience implementing Kafka solutions using Spring framework.
Proficiency with Kafka Schema Registry for schema management and evolution.
Solid understanding of event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and microservices design patterns.
Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and ORM frameworks (e.g., Spring Data JPA, Hibernate).
Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork abilities.
Professional Experience: at least seven (7) years related technical experience, with software design, development and implementation.
College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

Java/Kafka Developer

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