Java Microservices Lead

Stellar IT Solutions

Miami, FL, United States

3 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

6 years minimum

Compensation

$145,600.0 - $156,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

indeed.com

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Checkstyle Software Quality Serialization Spring Framework Redis Prometheus Spring-mvc Spring-boot Apigee Kubernetes

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Avro Apache Kafka Graphql Api Gateway Restful APIs Microservices

Requirements

Core Skills: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, GraphQL (including Spring GraphQL), Kubernetes, AWS
Experience Level: 6-10 years (hands-on developer with leadership capability; not requiring 15+ years)
AI Tools Exposure: Familiarity with tools such as Claude or Copilot
Mindset: Open to learning new technologies, adaptable to change, and able to lead teams while remaining hands-on

Role Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Spring Boot microservices (Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux/reactive).
Build and extend federated GraphQL subgraphs using Spring GraphQL.
Develop Kafka consumers/producers with schema registry and Avro serialization.
Configure and optimize Redis caching with Sentinel replication.
Maintain code quality using Checkstyle, PMD, SpotBugs, and JaCoCo coverage thresholds.
Implement Prometheus metrics and leverage Spring Boot Actuator for monitoring.
Contribute to REST APIs, GraphQL subgraphs, composite services, and integration gateways deployed on Kubernetes in AWS.
API gateway configuration experience (Apigee or similar) is a plus.
Travel/e-commerce domain experience is highly desirable.