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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Java Developer - **Company:** Webcreek Technology Inc. - **Location:** Houston, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Communications Protocols, Databases, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Database Queries, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Wonderware, Uptime, Modbus, Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT), Operational Data Store, OLE for Process Control, Performance Tuning, Prometheus, Data Streaming, Web Services, Database Optimization, Software Troubleshooting, Backend, Build Management, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, Influxdb, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Operational Systems, Spark Streaming, Data Management, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** May 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=44b17327ccbdd128 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Web services design?, * 5+ years of experience developing backend, data-intensive, or distributed systems in production environments. * Strong proficiency with developing production systems in Java. * Strong SQL skills and experience writing and optimizing complex time-windowed queries. * Experience with time-series query languages such as PromQL, Flux, MetricQL, or advanced SQL window functions. * Hands-on experience working with at least one major time-series database such as InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, Prometheus, OpenTSDB, or VictoriaMetrics. * Experience designing and building REST or gRPC APIs. * Experience building real-time ingestion or streaming pipelines using Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar technologies. * Strong understanding of time-series data modeling, retention policies, aggregation, compression, and downsampling strategies. * Experience handling high-ingestion, high-cardinality workloads. * Experience designing scalable distributed systems and tuning performance for large-scale workloads. * Understanding of storage architecture concepts including partitioning, tiered storage, and hot/cold data separation strategies. * Strong experience deploying and operating distributed services using Docker and Kubernetes. * Experience implementing observability, alerting, uptime monitoring, and reliability practices for distributed platforms. * Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. * Strong troubleshooting and incident-response mindset with experience debugging production systems. * Ability to translate operational and business requirements into scalable technical solutions and platform SLAs. Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves): * Experience working in Oil & Gas, Energy, Industrial Automation, or other operational technology (OT) environments. * Experience working with SCADA systems such as Ignition, Wonderware, WinCC, or CygNet. * Familiarity with industrial communication protocols such as MQTT, OPC, Modbus, or telemetry-based systems. * Experience working with real-time telemetry, IoT, or industrial data platforms. * Experience working with telemetry, sensor, operational, or machine-generated data at scale. ## Description You will work with modern technologies including Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and time-series databases to build scalable systems capable of processing high-volume telemetry and operational data in real time. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex scalability, streaming, observability, and distributed systems challenges. What You'll Do: * Design, develop, and maintain backend services for ingesting and processing large-scale time-series data. * Design and build distributed backend services and APIs for real-time ingestion, querying, and analytics of high-volume telemetry data. * Build scalable streaming and ETL/ELT pipelines for real-time data processing workloads. * Optimize query performance, indexing strategies, partitioning, and storage architectures for time-series workloads. * Design systems capable of handling high-ingestion, high-cardinality workloads and millions of data points per second. * Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, platform teams, and operational stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. * Contribute to observability, monitoring, alerting, uptime, and platform reliability initiatives. * Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across distributed systems and cloud-native environments. * Ensure code quality, scalability, maintainability, and operational reliability in production systems. ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [Optimizing Land-Based Fish Feeding with Node-RED](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2032-optimizing-land-based-fish-feeding-with-node-red) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Leading with Reliability: Applying SRE Principles to Build Stronger Engineering Organizations](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100185-leading-with-reliability-applying-sre-principles-to-build-stronger-engineering-organizations) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) ## Related Articles - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe)