Backend Developer

• The role requires a very senior (8 12+ yrs), platform-owning engineer who can contribute immediately in a small, high-visibility team.

This small team needs someone who has already been the final technical owner of large-scale, always-on streaming platforms (Kafka/Kinesis-heavy), not someone still growing into that responsibility. Where to pivot sourcing:

• Target 8+ year Senior/Staff/Principal-level backend or platform engineers

• Deep focus on streaming/event-driven systems (Kafka, Kinesis/MSK, messaging at scale)

• Strong AWS ownership (Lambda is table stakes)

• Experience integrating IoT or CV/ML outputs into production pipelines (integration, not model building)

• Fewer "full-stack" profiles; more backend/platform-first engineers, Minimum 8+ years of experience in Java core technologies, AWS (lambda is a must have), node, typescript, kinsesis, Kafka, python, experience working on AI/ML IoT platforms (not building the models themselves) This has to be a candidate to come in and immediately to participate. This is a small project, not a big team. It will be fitting in to a very small group. They cannot be a burden to the team with ramp up - there is ramp up with the Disney environment, but they need to be a senior level at least 8 years of experience. On the assessment, they need to discuss things they fully owned Someone who can't explain what an event driven system is not a good fit. They need have experience with Kafka (on prem), kinsesis (cloud distributed), MTT, this is a key thing. ActiveMQ is another They are going to be integrating the models into the platform for devices We want to take this very seriously - this is a high visibility project with SVPs This work is done on devices that are spitting out a payload where the model and compute part is happening on the device. It will be processed through python. Conceptually there are libraries and models, and he would expect someone who has hooked up things to understand what the common models are. We are not asking them to be built, but we have a lot of libraries that you use to plug it in. there are based models are Small team, driven, hungry, architect their way forward Someone who knows what they are doing but doesn't let everyone know it lol so someone who is humble. Being able to contribute meaningfully Job Responsibilities (Assignment Description):

• Design, build, and operate real-time, event-driven systems that ingest and process data from edge devices

• Develop backend services and streaming pipelines using Java and Python to transform model outputs into reliable, consumable events

• Architect and operate production systems on AWS, with a strong focus on scalability, cost efficiency, observability, and fault tolerance

• Build clean, versioned event schemas and APIs that integrate with downstream consumers and external systems

• Partner with Machine Learning, hardware, and downstream application teams to operationalize model outputs at scale

• Drive technical decisions, write design documentation, and act as an owner for critical components of the platform

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant ownership of distributed, production systems
• Strong experience building real-time or streaming data pipelines (event ingestion, aggregation, windowing, and emission)
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., streaming/messaging, compute, data stores, and infrastructure-as-code)
• Expert-level proficiency in Java and strong proficiency in Python
• Experience integrating IoT, edge, or computer-vision-adjacent systems into cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture, schema evolution, and downstream consumer integration
• Proven ability to design systems that are observable, resilient, and scalable, * Camera-based or computer-vision systems (object detection, counting, zone or boundary detection)
• Operating high-visibility systems with strict performance and reliability expectations
• Experience with stream processing frameworks or high-throughput messaging systems
• Building systems that handle sensitive or privacy-relevant data, with strong security and access controls
• Required Education Bachelor's or 17 years Equivalent Work Experience, Job Title: Java Developer Location: Orlando, FL (Onsite) Contract Role Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Java Developer with strong expertise in building and supportin…

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