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# Java Developer | Hartford, CT / Raleigh, NC / Richardson TX / Tempe, AZ | W2 only

- **Company:** NextGen Staffing
- **Location:** East Hartford, CT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Spring Security, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, User Authentication, Build Automation, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Configuration Management, Code Generation, Software Quality, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Data Validation, Dependency Injection, Github, Hibernate (Java), Identity and Access Management, Java Development Kit, Java Persistence API, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Microsoft UI Automation, Routing, Object-Oriented Software Development, Performance Tuning, Regression Testing, Swagger, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Data Streaming, Test Execution Engine, Management of Software Versions, RxJS, GitHub Copilot, Autoscaling, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Spring-boot, Git, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Integration Tests, Playwright, Apache Kafka, Azure AKS, Functional Programming, Api Design, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Restful APIs, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Serverless Computing, Docker, Jenkins, Web Api, Microservices
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3dfc1de28abc6297

## About the Role

* OOPs, Collections, Streams, Exception Handling, JVM Concepts, JDK Version 8/17/21 Features
 * Spring Boot: Dependency Injection, REST APIs, Spring Security (JWT), JPA/Hibernate, Transaction Management, Actuator, Configuration Management, Spring boot Input Validation (Controller Layer), Global Exception handling (Controller Advice Classes), Spring Boot Annotations, Rest Template, WebClient
 * Microservices Architecture: Service Decomposition, API Design, Resiliency Patterns, Circuit Breaker, Distributed Transactions, Scalability, Observability Components, Services, RxJS, State Management, Routing, API Integration, UI Performance Optimization
 * AWS Cloud Services: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, IAM, AKS, ECS, Autoscaling, CloudWatch, Networking Concepts AWS-Native
 * Architecture: Serverless Design, Event-Driven Patterns, High Availability, Scalability, Cost Optimization, Security Best Practices

## Description

* "Kafka & Messaging: Producers/Consumers, Topic Design, Consumer Groups, Event Streaming, Error Handling, Performance Tuning
 * Docker & Kubernetes: Containerization, Image Optimization, Deployments, Services, Ingress, Scaling, Troubleshooting
 * CI/CD & DevOps: Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins/Azure DevOps, Build Automation, Deployment Pipelines,
 * Release Strategy: REST API & Integration API Standards, API Specification, Open API/Swagger, Authentication, Authorization, Versioning, Contract-First Design"
 * AI-Assisted Development (e.g. AI GitHub Copilot), Code Generation, Unit Test Generation, Code Quality Improvements, Productivity Gains Playwright, Lambda Test, UI automation, Test execution, regression testing, CI/CD test integration