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.