Senior Java Developer – Kafka & Distributed Systems

Randstad USA; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

AD&D

Life insurance

Short-term disability

401K plan

Job summary

Randstad Digital in Jersey City, NJ is seeking an experienced Java-focused engineer for a contract role. The position emphasizes hands-on development, working closely with users to refine requirements and deliver scalable systems within an Agile team, including QA/UAT support.

The ideal candidate will have strong core Java skills, middleware experience, and a proven track record in delivering high-quality code on schedule, with comfort in Linux/Unix environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional experience developing solutions with core Java
• 2+ years professional experience developing solutions with Scala or other functional language
• Experience writing Unit Tests and Acceptance/Behavior Tests
• Ability to deliver quality code on timely basis
• Strong data structure, algorithm and problem solving skills
• Experience and desire to work in an Agile environment (pair programming, daily stand-ups, etc.)
• Demonstrable knowledge of problem domain at previous employments
• Experience working on a team, sharing code base with continuous integration
• Willing to participate in production support rota
• Experience working in Linux/Unix environment

Responsibilities

• 5+ years professional experience developing solutions with core Java
• Message-oriented-middleware (Kafka, AMQP, MQ, AMPS, etc.) experience
• As part of an Agile team, the candidate will work with users to refine requirements, design and develop high-quality and scalable systems, and assist users during the QA/UAT process. This is a hands-on, technical position with the expectation that a majority of the candidate's time will be spent on active development tasks.

Skills

Core Java

Scala

Unit Testing

Acceptance Testing

Agile practices

Team collaboration

Linux/Unix

CI/CD

Production support

Education

Bachelor's

Tools

Kafka

AMQP

MQ

AMPS

Akka

AngularJS

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Puppet

REST API design

Python

Bash

Job description

Randstad Digital in Jersey City, NJ is seeking an experienced Java-focused engineer for a contract role. The position emphasizes hands-on development, working closely with users to refine requirements and deliver scalable systems within an Agile team, including QA/UAT support.

The ideal candidate will have strong core Java skills, middleware experience, and a proven track record in delivering high-quality code on schedule, with comfort in Linux/Unix environments.