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Job Title: Senior Java Backend Developer
Location: 100% Remote, Canada
Experience: 7 to 10 Years
Employment Type: T4 Contract
Rate: CAD $80 to $90 per Hour

Role Summary

NearSource is seeking a Senior Java Backend Developer to contribute to a large-scale cloud-native platform for a Fortune 500 product company. This role requires strong expertise in backend engineering, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and real-time data streaming. The successful candidate will be expected to quickly onboard and deliver value within the first weeks of engagement while collaborating with global engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java or Go.
• Architect and implement event-driven systems leveraging Apache Kafka and AWS streaming technologies.
• Build and optimize high-throughput data processing pipelines and asynchronous messaging workflows.
• Develop reliable distributed systems with strong focus on resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Implement and maintain cloud-native solutions on AWS services including DynamoDB, MSK/Kinesis, ECS/EKS, IAM, and S3.
• Design partitioning strategies, retention policies, access controls, and consumer architectures for Kafka-based platforms.
• Drive implementation of data streaming solutions supporting CDC patterns and event processing requirements.
• Apply distributed systems best practices including idempotency, retry mechanisms, eventual consistency, and fault tolerance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver production-ready software solutions.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and improve platform performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Contribute effectively within an existing project environment and achieve rapid productivity during onboarding.

Must-Have Skills

• 7 to 10 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development experience using Java with Spring Boot or Go with modern service frameworks.
• Hands-on production experience with Apache Kafka, including:
  • Producer and consumer APIs
  • Partition design
  • Retention management
  • ACL configuration
  • Kafka Admin Client
• Hands-on production experience with AWS services, including:
  • DynamoDB
  • MSK or Kinesis
  • ECS or EKS
  • IAM
  • S3
• Strong experience building event-driven architectures and streaming platforms.
• Experience with Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns and asynchronous message processing.
• Strong understanding of delivery guarantees, including exactly-once and at-least-once processing semantics.
• Solid knowledge of distributed systems concepts including idempotency, retries with backoff, and eventual consistency.
• Proven ability to join active projects and contribute effectively within the first one to two weeks.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Apache Flink, Flink SQL, or Kafka Streams.
• Experience building stream consumers using AWS Kinesis Client Library (KCL).
• Experience implementing Outbox patterns, Debezium, or similar CDC frameworks.
• Experience with DynamoDB single-table design.
• Familiarity with GitOps deployment methodologies using ArgoCD or Flux.
• Familiarity with Apache Iceberg, Apache Paimon, or

Contract Details

• Terms of employment: Full time
• Starts as soon as possible
• vacancies 1 vacancy
• Source Talent.com #623952118139391468

Advertised until

2026-08-03

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