Java developer (kafka, REST api, swagger) | Hybrid

Description

• Design, build and maintain REST API services using technologies such as Java, Spring, Hibernate, Tomcat and data stores to enable user interaction with large volume datasets.
• Build highly scalable, low latency, fault-tolerant, and high-performance architecture solutions for customer facing web and mobile applications.
• Participate in software development life cycle (SDLC) phases including sprint planning, estimating, design, development, testing, and deployment within an Agile development environment.
• Build customer facing software application features and platform libraries.
• Engage in End-to-End Migration of back-end services and database platform from Oracle DB to Azure Cosmos DB.
• Leverage Reactive and Adaptive programming to handle change feeds from Azure Cosmos DB by creating robust reactive listeners and stored procedures.
• Build data communication between back-end systems using Kafka.
• Develop Unit and Automation Testing Frameworks, Test Suites, and Stubs/Mocks using Selenium, Mockito, JUnit, TestNG, Mocha, and Chai to thoroughly test the software applications for all possible positive and negative use case scenarios and achieve NA% code coverage.
• Troubleshooting open issues and bug-fixes.
• Enhancing design to prevent re-occurrence of defects.
• Use JIRA for Defect Reporting and Tracking.
• Run SonarQube on applications to measure continuous code quality by reporting code smells and vulnerabilities.
• Use Git Version Control System for coordinating work with the team.
• Integrate applications with Jenkins to set up Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Environments (CI/CD).
• Work on Splunk dashboard/queries to monitor application and system health and debug production issues.
• Use JMeter to load test software functional behavior and measure performance.
• Provide required Demos to Business stakeholders on software features and take required feedback for improvements.
• Provide inputs to relevant stakeholders for creation of project plans and ensure adherence to the project against approved milestones and timelines.

What are the top 3 skills needed/required?

• Spring boot based applications, kafka etc., REST api, swagger, etc.

What skills and/or experience would separate the top candidate?
What makes a candidate profile stand out to you?

• Stay in one job at least 2 -3 years, not a frequently jumper
• leading project is a plus

What will this person's day-to-day responsibilities be?

• Developing new features
• Production support

What is the project this person will be working on?
How will they contribute to the project?

• W+ membership account management project

What is the makeup of the team?
Does the candidate need to be in a certain Client location/hub or remote?

• This job location is Sunnyvale, CA. Candidate requires to work 2 days a week in office.

Will a Client badge be needed at onset or in the future?
If hybrid or in office role, how many days a week will the candidate need to come into the office?

• Please note that candidates who will be working in Bentonville, AR, Reston, VA or some Texas locations must have a VendorSAFE background check completed.

Does this contract have the opportunity to extend or convert to an FTE?

• YES, this is contractor to hire position.

Have you previously hired for this role?

If so, where have candidates historically fallen short?

• Current contractor is a junior developer, who has 2 years working experience before joining Client . In the past 2 years, she needs a lot of coaching and hands holding.
• She delivery slow, not in high quality (Her code caused couple production issues.) Team lead push hard on her to get things done.
• Team lead request replacement.

Required Skills : Java
Additional Skills : .Net Developer,Software Developer