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Java Developer

Purplejack Technologies LLCChicago, IL🇺🇸United StatesPosted 22 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Advance your career with Purplejack Technologies LLC by developing cutting-edge cloud-native systems using advanced Java and AWS expertise in a collaborative environment. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior developer passionate about microservices, distributed systems, and CI/CD, enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work model. Don't miss this opportunity to contribute to innovative projects and grow your skills.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

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Position Title - Software Engineer (Java Developer)
Location - Chicago, IL
Duration - 12 Months


Description

Required Education 
 Bachelors Degree. 
 
Required Skills: 
  • Strong AWS expertise – designing and operating cloud-native, highly available distributed systems  Advanced Java and/or Kotlin in production environments 
  • Spring Boot – building microservices and REST APIs (Spring Web/MVC, dependency injection, configuration, actuator/health checks) 
  • Microservices architecture and distributed systems patterns (service boundaries, resiliency, fault tolerance) 
  • RESTful API design and implementation with documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger) 
  • SQL and relational databases – data modeling, query tuning, performance optimization 
  •  NoSQL / non-relational data stores (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra) 
  • CI/CD pipelines and build/deploy automation (quality gates, repeatable releases) 
  • Data streaming / asynchronous messaging – event-driven patterns (e.g., Kafka) 
  • Observability – logging, metrics, tracing, and production troubleshooting / incident investigation 
  •  Strong technical communication skills – able to clearly explain complex designs and trade-offs to engineers, product owners, and managers 
  • Collaborative mindset – ability to work effectively across teams on shared architectures and dependencies 
  • Technical leadership and ownership – driving decisions and follow-through on complex engineering problems 
  •  Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking – especially in debugging, production support, and performance issues 
  •  Ability to balance technical depth with delivery – making pragmatic decisions aligned with business priorities 
  •  Comfortable participating in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) while remaining primarily hands-on Job Requirements Provide deep technical leadership for the design and implementation of Java-based, cloud-native systems on AWS 
  • Define service architecture, data flows, and integration patterns to meet strict scalability, availability, and security requirements 
  •  Drive architectural decisions across microservices, event-driven, and asynchronous processing patterns 
  • Ensure clear service ownership and well-defined contracts between services 
  • Define standards for infrastructure-as-code, resiliency, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation 
  • Proactively identify architectural bottlenecks, scalability constraints, and technical debt 
  • Lead development of core backend services using modern Java frameworks and AWS-native patterns 
  • Design and implement RESTful and event-based APIs 
  • Build message-driven processing and distributed data management solutions 
  •  Guide adoption of AWS services including managed compute, messaging, storage, and databases 
  • Investigate and resolve defects, performance issues, and production incidents 
  •  Implement fixes and improvements to ensure system stability and reliability 
  • Support reliable operation of distributed systems in production through observability, logging, metrics, and tracing 
  • Review pull requests and lead technical design discussions 
  • Define architecture and implementation standards for the team 
  • Establish technical best practices for CI/CD automation, observability, and production troubleshooting 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Pooja Shikha

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Skills

DynamoDB
Microservices
MongoDB
SQL
Spring
AWS
Agile
Cassandra
Java
Kafka
Kotlin
REST

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