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# Java Microservices Lead

- **Company:** Stellar IT Solutions
- **Location:** Miami, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $145,600.0 - $156,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Checkstyle, Software Quality, Serialization, Spring Framework, Redis, Prometheus, Spring-mvc, Spring-boot, Apigee, Kubernetes, Avro, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d3a84bfa015cfdf5

## About the Role

* 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.



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