Senior Java Developer: Cloud-Native, Event-Driven

Accord Technologies Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accord Technologies Inc. seeks a Senior Java Developer focused on Event-Driven Architecture and Enterprise Messaging to design, develop, test, and deploy scalable cloud-native applications on Azure. You will leverage Java, Spring Boot, and modern messaging platforms to build resilient, high-throughput systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver secure, scalable microservices and messaging solutions using Kafka, Solace, IBM MQ, and Azure services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Java (J2EE), Spring Boot, and Microservices.
• Proven experience developing and supporting cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience working in Agile and onsite/offshore delivery models.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, including Kafka Producers, Consumers, Topics, Partition, and Consumer Groups.
• Kafka Streams and Event Processing; Message Ordering, Delivery Guarantees, and Scaling Strategies.
• Schema Registry and Event Versioning.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable event-driven microservices and messaging solutions.
• Build, enhance, and support enterprise-grade applications utilizing Kafka, Solace, IBM MQ, and Azure messaging services.
• Design event schemas, topics, queues, and integration patterns for highly distributed systems.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, observability, and security of messaging platforms and integrations.
• Develop and execute unit, integration, and performance testing for messaging-based solutions.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leads on event-driven solution design and implementation.
• Document architecture, event flows, message contracts, and operational procedures.
• Support production deployments and troubleshooting of messaging infrastructure and applications.
• Ensure non-functional requirements including security, performance, scalability, resiliency, and maintainability are incorporated into all solutions.
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies impacting project deliverables.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Azure

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Kafka

Solace PubSub+

IBM MQ

Azure Service Bus

Event Hubs

REST APIs

SOAP

CQRS

Saga Pattern

AKS

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Python

Node.js

Education

High School diploma

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kafka

Solace PubSub+

IBM MQ

Azure Service Bus

Event Hubs

Azure Kubernetes Service

Azure Container Apps

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure Functions

Azure Storage

Cosmos DB

PostgreSQL

Job description

Accord Technologies Inc. seeks a Senior Java Developer focused on Event-Driven Architecture and Enterprise Messaging to design, develop, test, and deploy scalable cloud-native applications on Azure. You will leverage Java, Spring Boot, and modern messaging platforms to build resilient, high-throughput systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver secure, scalable microservices and messaging solutions using Kafka, Solace, IBM MQ, and Azure services.