Senior Java Developer

Virtusa•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

Java API Developer Lead with extensive experience designing and delivering high-performance backend services for enterprise transaction processing systems, financial applications, and large-scale integration platforms. Proven expertise in driving modernization initiatives, enabling scalable and resilient architectures, and supporting mission-critical applications that process high transaction volumes with stringent reliability and performance requirements. Experienced in leading the end-to-end delivery of backend services, collaborating with product owners, architects, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Strong background in designing and implementing APIs that enable seamless integration between enterprise platforms, external systems, and financial networks while supporting both real-time and batch processing workloads. Skilled in driving application modernization initiatives through the transformation of legacy systems into modular, microservices-based architectures. Experienced in ensuring application reliability, scalability, performance optimization, and operational stability across complex distributed environments handling time-sensitive business transactions.

Requirements

Core Java
Java 8
Java 11
Java Backend Development
RESTful API Development
API Design
API Integration
Microservices Architecture
Spring Boot
Spring Framework
Enterprise Application Development
Backend Services Development
Distributed Systems
Transaction Processing Systems
Real-Time Processing
Batch Processing
High-Volume Data Processing
Kafka
IBM MQ
Messaging Systems
Event-Driven Architecture
SQL Databases
NoSQL Databases
Database Design
Data Processing
Application Modernization
Legacy System Transformation
System Integration
Performance Optimization
Scalability Engineering
Reliability Engineering
Production Support
Application Monitoring
DevOps Collaboration
Agile Delivery
Software Development Lifecycle
Technical Leadership
Team Leadership
Solution Design
Stakeholder Management
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Problem Solving
Technical Analysis
Enterprise Architecture
Delivery Management

Responsibilities

Designing and delivering high-performance backend services for enterprise transaction processing systems, financial applications, and large-scale integration platforms.
Driving modernization initiatives and enabling scalable and resilient architectures.
Supporting mission-critical applications that process high transaction volumes with stringent reliability and performance requirements.
Leading the end-to-end delivery of backend services.
Collaborating with product owners, architects, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Designing and implementing APIs for seamless integration between enterprise platforms, external systems, and financial networks.
Supporting both real-time and batch processing workloads.
Driving application modernization initiatives through the transformation of legacy systems into modular, microservices-based architectures.
Ensuring application reliability, scalability, performance optimization, and operational stability across complex distributed environments handling time-sensitive business transactions.

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