Principal Software Engineer/Java Architect

PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER/ JAVA ARCHITECT 6+ MONTHS CONTRACT ST LOUIS, MO (ONSITE) VISA- NO CPT/OPT • Skills Matrix Skill Last Used Experience in Years/month Rating (10 points) 1 = newbie 10 = expert Hands on Exp. Yes/No Java Kafka Flink Distributed systems Job description: The ideal candidate will have a strong Java hands-on expertise, with experience in building scalable and efficient distributed solutions. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and deploy real-time stream processing pipelines using Apache Kafka and Flink and knowledge of how to implement these platforms in a highly secured and available architecture. Optimize stream processing workflows for performance, reliability, and low-latency processing. Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure the health and stability of real-time streaming pipelines. Contributions to the open source community, including code commits, documentation updates, and engagement in forums or mailing lists. Required Skills and Qualifications: 10+ years strong Java coding experience with 12 factor spring boot applications. Strong experience in designing and architecting distributed systems and reactive / event driven solutions. Strong experience in SDLC process with CI/CD automation tools (Bitbucket, GIT, Jenkins, Artifactory). Strong working experience on Apache Kafka/ Apache Flink. The candidate should have previously been in a lead position and have strong knowledge of Flink and Kafka internals. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Preferred Skills: Knowledge of Go programming language is nice to have. Having worked with Docker and Kubernetes. Experience in deploying solutions in cloud such as AWS. Familiarity with other messaging solutions like NATS.