Senior Software Engineer - Java / Kafka

Role : Senior Software Engineer – Java / Kafka

Location : LATAM (Remote)

Mode : Contract

We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer with strong experience in Java distributed systems and stream-based processing to join our engineering team You will design build and operate backend services that handle high throughput workloads integrate with cloud platforms and support business critical applications

This role also involves working with Nodejs services CICD pipelines and modern infrastructure tooling including Kubernetes GitHub Actions AWS and GCP

Responsibilities Include

This is a critical role with a wide range of responsibilities including

Design implement and maintain distributed backend services using Java and Nodejs

Build and optimize message driven architectures and data pipelines using Apache Kafka

Develop scalable resilient APIs and backend services

Write clean maintainable and welltested code following industry best practices

Deploy monitor and support applications running on Kubernetes across cloud environments

Work closely with architects and product teams to design system components and integrations

Participate in code reviews system design discussions and operational readiness efforts

Troubleshoot production issues across services and infrastructure

Prototyping of new technologies to reduce cost and increase engineering velocity

Qualities Experience Were Seeking

We believe the right individual will have the following skills and experience to be successful in this role

A BS degree or higher in Engineering Computer Science or a related field is required 5 years of software engineering experience

Strong Java experience in backend or distributed systems environments

Hands-on experience with Kafka producers consumers partitions topics offsets stream processing etc

Proficiency in Nodejs for backend application development

Experience deploying and maintaining services running in Kubernetes

Familiarity with GitHub Actions for CICD

Handson experience with AWS andor GCP cloud platforms

Solid understanding of software design patterns system architecture and microservices principles

Experience working with MongoDB and PostgreSQL schema design performance considerations migrations

Strong debugging problem solving and communication skills

Excellent problem solving critical thinking and communication skills

Ability to work within a distributed team

Nice to have

VOD Streaming experience

Experience with React basic frontend integration work context management UI components

Exposure to infrastructureascode tools Terraform Helm etc

Monitoring observability tools Datadog New Relic

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