Key Responsibilities:
Solution Design and Development: Architect and develop microservices-based applications using Java technologies, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability. Heavily focusing on integrating various systems through middleware technologies ensuring seamless communication between different application components.
Technical Leadership: Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and organizational standards.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
System Integration: Design and implement integration strategies for microservices, ensuring seamless communication between services and with external systems.
Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance of microservices applications, addressing issues related to latency, throughput, and resource utilization.
Qualifications
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in developing Enterprise level J2EE applications
- Proven experience in designing and implementing microservices architectures using Java technologies, with a strong understanding of microservices principles and patterns.
- Strong knowledge of Java frameworks such as Spring Boot, RESTful services, and experience with containerization technologies like Docker.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including deploying, managing, and optimizing cloud-based applications and services
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
- Good exposure to Database like Oracle (SQL, PL/SQL)
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 62 ,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 217,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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