Java BAckend (GCP)

New York 23 months agoContractor External
Negotiable
Role - Java BAck end Developer Type – Contract C2C Location – New york Java, React, Microservice, AWS, GCP, Kafka strong Team leading and hands on experience will be preferred. Job Description: Java Tech lead. As a Team Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of highly skilled developers in a fast-paced product development environment. You will be working on cutting-edge projects that leverage Java, PostgreSQL and Google Cloud. Key Responsibilities: • Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and high-quality code standards. • Architecture and Design: Architect scalable and efficient solutions using React JS, React Native, and Java, considering performance, security, and maintainability. • Hands-on Development: Collaborate with the development team in the design and implementation of complex features and modules. • Code Review: Review code, enforce coding standards, and promote code quality through thorough code reviews. • Google Cloud Platform: Leverage GCP services to design and build cloud-native applications, utilizing services such as Google Cloud Functions, Firestore, Cloud Pub/Sub, and more. • Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in applications and ensure optimal performance. • Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and code documentation. Non-Technical Responsibilities: Leadership: Provide leadership and guidance to the development team, ensuring they meet project goals and deadlines. Stakeholder Communication: Collaborate with product managers, stakeholders, and other teams to understand project requirements and communicate progress effectively. Mentorship: Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth. Qualities Crucial for a Fast-Paced Product Development Environment: • Adaptability: Ability to quickly adapt to changing project requirements and technology stacks in a dynamic environment. • Effective Communication: Strong communication skills to convey complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders and foster collaboration within the team. • Problem Solving: Proven ability to identify and solve complex technical challenges, making critical decisions under pressure. • Team Collaboration: A collaborative mindset, promoting a positive team culture and ensuring efficient teamwork in a fast-paced setting. Core Technical Skills: • Java: Solid proficiency in Java for backend development, including: • Programming Proficiency: Strong command of the Java programming language, • RESTful API: Design and implementation of RESTful APIs for communication between the frontend and backend. • Database Integration: Integration with databases using frameworks like Hibernate or JPA. • Performance Tuning: Proficiency in optimizing Java applications for performance, memory management, and garbage collection. • Spring Framework Knowledge: Strong understanding of the core concepts of the Spring Framework, including dependency injection and aspect-oriented programming. • Dependency Injection: Expertise in dependency injection and inversion of control (IoC) in Spring Boot applications. • Security: Understanding of Spring Security for implementing authentication and authorization in Spring Boot applications. • Pub/Sub (Publish/Subscribe) Systems: Understanding of the publish/subscribe architectural pattern and its applications in event-driven systems. • Apache Kafka: Knowledge of message brokers and middleware solutions like Apache Kafka, and Google Cloud Pub/Sub. • Kafka Concepts: In-depth knowledge of Apache Kafka concepts, including topics, partitions, brokers, producers, and consumers. • Scaling: Familiarity with scaling and load balancing in a pub/sub system to handle varying workloads. • Google Cloud: Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform services, including but not limited to: • Google Cloud Functions: Building serverless functions for event-driven applications. • Firestore: Structured and scalable NoSQL database for real-time applications. • Cloud Storage: Storing and retrieving binary data such as images and documents. • Cloud Pub/Sub: Event messaging service for building event-driven systems. • PostgreSQL Database: In-depth knowledge of PostgreSQL, including installation, configuration, and administration. • Database Security: Knowledge of PostgreSQL's security features, including access controls, encryption, and authentication mechanisms. • PL/pgSQL: Proficiency in PostgreSQL's procedural language for developing stored procedures, triggers, and functions. • High Availability: Understanding of database replication, clustering, and failover mechanisms for high availability configurations. • Data Migration: Experience in planning and executing data migrations, upgrades, and backup and recovery strategies. • **Note: PostgreSQL Database is optional or good to have skill Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field. • 10+ years of software development experience, with a focus Java, and Google Cloud. • Previous experience in team lead role