Title: Senior Java Developer

Location: Chicago, IL, Charlotte, NC, Denver, CO, Washington, DC - Fully Onsite

Duration: 12-month contract with potential extension to 18 months

Position Summary

Seeking a senior-level Java Developer to build and enhance enterprise applications in a highly regulated environment. The role focuses on designing, developing, and testing scalable solutions using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and graph database technologies. The consultant will work closely with Product Owners, Architects, Scrum teams, and Feature Leads while contributing throughout the SDLC, from requirements refinement through deployment and support.

Top Must-Haves

7+ years of Java development experience

Spring Boot

Apache Kafka (event-driven messaging)

Graph Databases (TigerGraph preferred)

Additional Required Skills

Core Java and object-oriented programming

Spring Framework ecosystem (Spring MVC, Integration, Batch, ORM)

REST & SOAP web services

Microservices and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

CI/CD, Maven, JUnit, TDD

Git and Bitbucket

NoSQL databases (preferably Cassandra)

Oracle or SQL Server

Cloud technologies

Agile development experience

Nice-to-Haves

Financial services experience

Fraud detection or transaction monitoring experience

Experience in large, highly regulated enterprises

Real-time transaction processing systems

Cassandra performance tuning

Cloud-native/distributed systems experience

Senior-level Java Developer

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