Need local candidates to Fort Worth, TX. Please do not send anyone who isn't already local for onsite interview.

Start Date 8/24

Hours are Standard Business Hours M-F with ability to coordinate set with project team to standard consulting schedule such as 7-3, 8-4, 9-5 PM

Title: Senior Software Engineer - Kafka, Flink & Springboot

Duration: 6 Months +

Work Authorization: USC or GCHOnsite 3 days a week - 1 Skyview Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76155, USA

Summary:
Senior Java Developer / Senior Software Engineer needed for real-time streaming and cloud-native service delivery using Java, Apache Flink, Kafka/MSK, Spring Boot, AWS Managed Service for Flink, AWS MSK, GraphQL, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, schema management, observability, and production support patterns.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Java-based Apache Flink streaming applications.

• Build Kafka/MSK event-driven pipelines using topics, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry, and event-driven design patterns.

• Develop Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, and GraphQL APIs for downstream application integration. 

• Implement scalable, fault-tolerant, observable streaming applications using Flink state, checkpointing, and recovery patterns.

•  Deploy and monitor services in cloud-native environments using CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS MSF/MSK, and observability tooling. 

• Participate in architecture discussions, performance tuning, code reviews, and production-readiness planning.

•  Collaborate with data engineers, architects, QA, DevOps, and client stakeholders to deliver reliable streaming and API services.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Java Engineering - 7+ years professional Java development, including recent hands-on Java 8+ or Java 11+ work.

• Streaming Applications - 3+ years building production or near-production streaming applications using Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, Spark Streaming, or equivalent.

• Apache Flink - Hands-on Flink DataStream API, state management, checkpointing, watermarks/windows, fault tolerance, and deployment patterns.

• Kafka / MSK - Hands-on topics, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry, producers/consumers, replay, and event-driven architecture.

• Spring Boot / APIs - Production Spring Boot microservices plus REST or GraphQL API development.

• Cloud deployment - Experience deploying services to AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, or comparable cloud-native platforms; AWS MSF/MSK preferred.

• Serialization/schema - Experience with Avro, Protobuf, JSON, schema evolution, or schema registry.

• DevOps - Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, code review, source control, and deployment automation.

• Observability - Observability Experience with logs, metrics, dashboards, alerting, traces, and production incident troubleshooting. 

Preferred Skills

• AWS Managed Service for Apache Flink / AWS MSF.
• AWS MSK.
• GraphQL / Apollo GraphQL.
• Flink SQL.
• Kafka Streams or other stream-processing frameworks.
• Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or equivalent observability tools.
• Security best practices for APIs, streaming, and cloud-native services.
• SaaS or multi-tenant architecture.
• High-volume, low-latency operational data systems.
• Airline, transportation, logistics, real-time operations, or mission-critical systems experience.