Senior Java Backend Engineer - Kafka, REST APIs (Remote)

Dahl Consulting; Saint Paul (MN); Remote; USD 93,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Dahl Consulting is seeking a Senior Developer to join a remote, multiregional team responsible for powering enterprise pricing systems. You will design, build, and support backend services that process large volumes of pricing data, contributing to a modern event-driven platform while maintaining existing production systems.

The role emphasizes Java/Kotlin expertise, Kafka experience, RESTful APIs, and collaboration across globally distributed teams within a large retail-oriented tech

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience developing enterprise applications using Java and Kotlin.
• Strong experience building distributed backend services using Apache Kafka, including producer and consumer implementations.
• Senior-level experience designing, developing, and supporting RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar relational database technologies.
• Familiarity with distributed NoSQL databases such as Cassandra.
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise applications and established codebases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise backend applications using Java and Kotlin.
• Design, build, and support high-volume RESTful APIs.
• Develop Kafka producer and consumer solutions for event-driven processing.
• Contribute to platform modernization initiatives focused on scalability and performance.
• Support and enhance existing production systems while delivering new functionality.
• Design, test, troubleshoot, and deploy production-ready software solutions.
• Work with relational and distributed databases to support business-critical applications.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders in Agile development environments.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design decisions.
• Deliver high-quality code with minimal supervision.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Kafka

REST APIs

Agile

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Tools

Kafka tooling

RocksDB

Oracle Exadata

Job description

Dahl Consulting is seeking a Senior Developer to join a remote, multiregional team responsible for powering enterprise pricing systems. You will design, build, and support backend services that process large volumes of pricing data, contributing to a modern event-driven platform while maintaining existing production systems.

The role emphasizes Java/Kotlin expertise, Kafka experience, RESTful APIs, and collaboration across globally distributed teams within a large retail-oriented tech