Senior Java Developer / Senior Software Engineer

Senior Java Developer / Senior Software EngineerFort Worth, TX 76155 (3 Days Hybrid Role)6 + months contract and extendableKey Responsibilities:Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Java-based Apache Flink streaming applications.Build Kafka/MSK event-driven pipelines using topics, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry, and event-driven design patterns.Develop Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, and GraphQL APIs for downstream application integration.Implement scalable, fault-tolerant, observable streaming applications using Flink state, checkpointing, and recovery patterns.Deploy and monitor services in cloud-native environments using CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Managed Service for Flink, AWS MSK, and observability tooling.Participate in architecture discussions, performance tuning, code reviews, and production-readiness planning.Collaborate with data engineers, architects, QA, DevOps, and client stakeholders to deliver reliable streaming and API services.Required Skills & QualificationsJava Engineering - 7+ years professional Java development, including recent hands-on Java 8+ or Java 11+ work.Streaming Applications - 3+ years building production or near-production streaming applications using Apache Flink, Kafka Streams, Spark Streaming, or equivalent.Apache Flink - Hands-on Flink DataStream API, state management, checkpointing, watermarks/windows, fault tolerance, and deployment patterns.Kafka / MSK - Hands-on topics, partitions, consumer groups, schema registry, producers/consumers, replay, and event-driven architecture.Spring Boot / APIs - Production Spring Boot microservices plus REST or GraphQL API development.Cloud deployment - Experience deploying services to AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, or comparable cloud-native platforms; AWS MSF/MSK preferred.Serialization/schema - Experience with Avro, Protobuf, JSON, schema evolution, or schema registry.DevOps - Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, code review, source control, and deployment automation.Observability - Observability Experience with logs, metrics, dashboards, alerting, traces, and production incident troubleshooting.Preferred SkillsAWS Managed Service for Apache Flink / AWS MSF.AWS MSK.GraphQL / Apollo GraphQL.Flink SQL.Kafka Streams or other stream-processing frameworks.Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or equivalent observability tools.Security best practices for APIs, streaming, and cloud-native services.SaaS or multi-tenant architecture.High-volume, low-latency operational data systems.Airline, transportation, logistics, real-time operations, or mission-critical systems experience