Java Developer

Talentify; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify is seeking a senior Java developer to join our San Jose team for a long-term contract. You will work on backend services built with Java/Spring Boot, design microservices, and ensure high-quality code with comprehensive tests.

The role emphasizes strong problem-solving, performance tuning of JVM-based systems, and active participation in architectural discussions and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 5+ years in Java/Spring Boot backend.
• Strong core Java skills and ability to articulate problem-solving approaches.
• Deep experience with microservices, API design, idempotency, retries, and circuit breaking.
• Production experience with Kafka and data stores; familiarity with SQL DBs.

Responsibilities

• Gathers and verifies technical requirements.
• Authors and audits technical design for features.
• Gathers and audits technical design for features.
• Writes high quality code with full test coverage.
• Reviews code for quality and correctness.
• Leads technical initiatives and reviews designs.
• Identifies dependencies and risks; proposes mitigations.
• Drives continuous improvement and best practices.

Skills

Java/Spring Boot backend

Multithreading

Microservices design

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Observability

Performance optimization (JVM)

Technical leadership

Troubleshooting

Tools

Oracle

Cassandra

Kafka

Job description

Job Title : Java Developer
Location : San Jose, CA
Long Term Contract
Roles & Responsibilities

• Gathers and verifies technical requirements
• Authors and audits technical design for features
• Competent in programming and debugging across multiple modules and dealing with related external dependencies
• Writes high quality code with full test coverage
• Reviews code to ensure it is functionally correct and is of high quality
• Provides story or business requirements breakdown planning and estimation, reviews and evaluates the team's estimates
• Accountable for complex stories or business requirements
• Identifies feature and module dependencies
• Proposes mitigation plans for identified risks and problems
• Suggests process improvements and best practices
• Identifies new areas that could be measured
• Able to identify, evaluate and discuss alternative technologies and techniques
• Justifies decisions and achieves peer consent

Must have Experience

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years focused on Java/Spring Boot backend services.
• Strong core Java coding skills & ability to articulate coding problem-solving approach
• Expert in multithreading, memory management, collections, Microservices design, production-level troubleshooting & database fundamentals.
• Deep experience designing microservices (service boundaries, API design, idempotency, retries, circuit breaking).
• Hands-on with Oracle (SQL tuning, indexing, stored procedures) and Cassandra (data modeling, consistency levels) are strongly preferred, candidates with no SQL experience with other databases will still be considered
• Production experience with Kafka (consumer groups, partitioning, offset management, schema evolution) is strongly preferred, candidates with similar system experience will still be considered
• Strong grasp of testing: unit/integration/contract tests; test data management.
• Solid knowledge of RESTful APIs, pagination, error handling, and versioning.
• Experience with CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins/GitHub Actions) and Git workflows.
• Proficiency in observability (e.g., logs/metrics/traces) and performance optimization for JVM-based services.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives, review designs, and drive outcomes in a fast-paced environment.