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Lead Java Developer

TechJobsData
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/29/2026
Now Hiring: Senior Java Developer – Event-Driven Architecture & Enterprise Messaging (No Vendor, no direct reach out, please apply here) We’re looking for a Senior Java Developer with strong expertise in Event-Driven Architecture, Kafka, Enterprise Messaging, and Microsoft Azure to join a team building highly scalable, resilient, cloud-native applications. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys working with distributed systems, asynchronous processing, event streaming, and modern microservices architecture . What You’ll Do Design and develop scalable event-driven microservices using Java and Spring Boot Build enterprise messaging and event-streaming solutions using Kafka, Solace, IBM MQ, and Azure messaging services Design Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups, schemas, and event-processing workflows Implement messaging patterns including Pub/Sub, Event Sourcing, CQRS, Saga, retries, DLQs, replay, and recovery Develop and integrate REST, SOAP, and event-based APIs Build and deploy cloud-native applications on Azure / AKS Implement secure service-to-service communication using OAuth 2.0 and JWT Automate infrastructure and deployments using Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions Troubleshoot and optimize high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems Collaborate with architects, developers, and Agile teams across onsite/offshore delivery models What We’re Looking For 8 years of hands-on Java/J2EE development Strong Spring Boot and Microservices experience Extensive hands-on Apache Kafka experience Strong understanding of Event-Driven Architecture and distributed systems Experience with Azure cloud-native development , particularly AKS, Azure Service Bus, Event Hubs, Functions, and Storage Experience with enterprise messaging platforms such as Solace PubSub and/or IBM MQ Strong API integration and security experience Hands-on Terraform and CI/CD experience Experience with Azure-hosted databases such as Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or PostgreSQL Backend experience with Python and/or Node.js is a plus Nice to Have Confluent Platform

  • Solace Event Mesh
  • Domain-Driven Design
  • GraphQL
  • Dynatrace
  • Azure Monitor
  • Log Analytics
  • Linux/Shell Scripting
  • TDD/BDD
  • Control-M
  • SFTP
  • Mainframe integrations If you’re passionate about Java, Kafka, Azure, and building resilient event-driven systems at enterprise scale , we’d love to connect! 📩 Interested? Please apply ASAP #Hiring #JavaDeveloper #SeniorJavaDeveloper #Kafka #ApacheKafka #Azure #MicrosoftAzure #SpringBoot #Microservices #EventDrivenArchitecture #DistributedSystems #EnterpriseMessaging #CloudNative #AKS #Terraform #SoftwareEngineering

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