Senior Java Back End Developer (GCP) - Remote

Senior Java Back End Developer (GCP)

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior Java Back End Developer (GCP) for a contract position with a Regional Financial Institution located in Columbus, OH. This is a 6+ month contract opportunity. Compensation: $70.00 - $75.00 per hour, W2, based on qualifications.

Position Overview: This role involves designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-grade APIs and cloud-native applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The focus will be on building a new payments API platform using scalable, resilient, and secure microservices leveraging modern Java technologies, event-driven architectures, and managed cloud services.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborate with engineers, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to create enterprise API and event-driven integration solutions

Develop software in an Agile environment leveraging DevOps practices, automated testing, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code

Design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient microservices deployed on Google Cloud Platform

Build and maintain event-driven systems utilizing Kafka and asynchronous messaging patterns

Integrate applications with MongoDB Atlas and other enterprise data platforms

Develop automated testing strategies including unit, integration, contract, and performance testing

Implement observability practices including centralized logging, monitoring, tracing, and alerting

Maintain and evolve existing enterprise integration assets and cloud-hosted services

Partner with platform engineering and infrastructure teams to continuously improve deployment automation, cloud operations, security, and reliability

Serve as a technical mentor and provide guidance on application architecture, coding standards, and cloud-native best practices

Primary Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

7+ years of software development experience building enterprise applications and APIs

5+ years of Java development experience with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Maven, and Gradle

Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Experience with GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), Kubernetes, Docker containers, and microservices architectures

Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations

Experience with Apache Kafka or managed Kafka platforms such as Confluent Cloud

Experience with MongoDB Atlas and NoSQL database design principles

Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or equivalent

Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar technologies

Strong understanding of distributed systems, resiliency patterns, scalability, and performance optimization

Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery models

Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills

Ability to collaborate across engineering, architecture, and business teams

Desired Skills:

Experience with Google Cloud services including: GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Secret Manager, Cloud Monitoring & Logging, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer or Professional Cloud Architect certification

Experience implementing Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)

Experience with API gateways and service mesh technologies

Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Splunk, or Datadog

Experience developing financial services or high-volume transaction processing systems

Experience with security best practices including OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, and Zero Trust architectures

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!