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Niche senior platform Java/Kafka architect role at a mid-tier company reduces applicant competition.
Skills are transferable across industries but require strong Java platform and Kafka experience, so moderate sensitivity.
Extensive mandatory backend/platform technologies, migration ownership, and leadership expectations produce strict filters.
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Design, build, and evolve core frameworks and reusable platform components, owning large-scale modernization initiatives.
Perform hands-on coding for technology upgrades and migrations primarily using Java and Spring ecosystem.
Define and enforce coding standards and mentor tech leads and engineers while driving adoption of emerging technologies including AI-assisted development and cloud-native tooling.
Strong proficiency in Java (JDK 11+ preferred JDK 17), Spring Framework (Boot, MVC, Security), and RESTful API design.
Experience with API governance (Swagger/OpenAPI), event-driven architectures (Kafka, JSON/Avro serialization), and security implementations (OAuth2, JWT).
Hands-on experience with relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases, schema evolution tools (Liquibase), containerization (Docker, Tomcat), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git).
Work Experience Required: Not explicitly mentioned in the JD.
Experienced in core platform/framework development and migration programs, not just feature-level coding.
Familiar with Agile environments and cross-team collaboration with leadership in technical guidance and decision-making.
Comfortable adopting and leveraging AI-assisted development tools and cloud-native deployment practices on AWS and container orchestration with Kubernetes/EKS.