Senior Java Engineer: Spring Boot, Kafka & Cloud

re-zoo-me; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

re-zoo-me is seeking a backend engineer to design and implement scalable services using Java 17+ with Spring Boot. You will work with Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes to build robust, API-driven systems, focusing on performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes cloud-native practices and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Strong candidates will demonstrate experience with RESTful services, OpenAPI, and distributed systems, and will contribute to ongoing performance tuning and secure,

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 17+ and Spring Boot in a production setting.
• Strong knowledge of Apache Kafka: producers, consumers, consumer groups, offset management, SASL/SSL.
• Experience with Redis data structures, pub/sub patterns, and connection pooling.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes: pods, services, ConfigMaps, deployments, debugging with kubectl.
• REST API design using Spring MVC and OpenAPI/Swagger.

Skills

Distributed systems

REST API design

Java expertise

Cloud tooling

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Java 17+

Spring Boot

Apache Kafka

Redis

Kubernetes

OpenAPI/Swagger

WebSocket

GraalJS

Job description

re-zoo-me is seeking a backend engineer to design and implement scalable services using Java 17+ with Spring Boot. You will work with Kafka, Redis, and Kubernetes to build robust, API-driven systems, focusing on performance and reliability.

The role emphasizes cloud-native practices and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Strong candidates will demonstrate experience with RESTful services, OpenAPI, and distributed systems, and will contribute to ongoing performance tuning and secure,