Senior Backend Engineer (Java/ Python) Cloud Native/ Kafka

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Job Type   /   Job Level

Full-time   /   Others/Any

Job Location

Whippany, NJ

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Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, cloud'native backend services
Build and support event'driven and asynchronous systems using streaming and messaging platforms(Kafka)
Engineer low'latency, high'throughput systems with strong resiliency and fault tolerance
Optimize performance for compute' and data'intensive workloads
Collaborate with platform, DevOps, and Front office teams to deliver end'to'end solutions
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and production readiness assessments
Troubleshoot production issues and drive performance, reliability, and scalability improvements
Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and mentoring

Required Skills & Experience

610+ years of experience in backend software engineering
Strong proficiency in Java, Python, or similar backend languages
Solid experience building microservices and REST / async APIs
Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalability patterns
Hands'on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with event streaming / messaging systems (Kafka or equivalent)
Strong problem'solving skills and ability to work in complex, evolving systems

Good to Have

High'Performance Computing (HPC) experience, including performance tuning, parallelism, or compute'intensive workloads
Experience using Redis for caching, pub/sub, or distributed state management
Strong working knowledge of Apache Kafka, including producers/consumers, schemas, and stream processing
Experience with Symphony'based integrations or platforms (messaging, workflows, or automation)
Basic to intermediate exposure to C++, or comfort understanding and modifying C++ code
Experience with low'latency / real'time systems
Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD pipelines

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