Java Sparks Backend Developer

TekWissen LLC

NYC, NY

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$50–$53
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark, Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Big Data, Business Process Management, Business Transformation, Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Communication Skills, Concurrency, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, Data Management, Data Processing, Database Administration, Database Optimization, Debugging Skills, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, DevOps, Diversity, Docker, Ecosystems, GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Git, GitHub, Gradle, High Throughput, Java, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE/J2EE), Jenkins, Maven, Memory Management, Mentoring, Microservices, Microsoft Windows Azure, MongoDB, Multithreaded Programming, MySQL, NoSQL, Operational Strategy, Performance Tuning/Optimization, PostgreSQL, Problem Solving Skills, Professional Services, Query Optimization, REST (Representational State Transfer), Relational Databases (RDBMS), SQL (Structured Query Language), Software Development, Software Engineering, Spring MVC, System Architecture, Team Player, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Workforce Management
LOCATION
NYC, NY
POSTED
5 days ago
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a global professional services firm specializing in digital transformation, business process management (BPM), analytics, and AI-driven solutions. The company partners with organizations to improve efficiency, transform operations, and drive business outcomes through a combination of process expertise, technology, and data insight.
Title: Java Sparks Backend Developer
Location: NYC, NY
Duration: 9 months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Summary:

Position Overview

  • We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Java Backend Developer to join our core engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high-performance, scalable, and secure backend systems.
  • The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of enterprise Java development experience, a strong background in big data processing using Apache Spark, and a passion for engineering excellence. While this is primarily a backend role, knowledge of Angular UI is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

  • System Architecture: Design, develop, and deploy robust, scalable, and microservices-based backend systems using Java and Spring Boot.
  • Data Processing: Architect and optimize large-scale, distributed data processing pipelines using Apache Spark.
  • Database Management: Write complex SQL/NoSQL queries and optimize database performance for high-throughput applications.
  • API Development: Design and implement secure, well-documented RESTful APIs.
  • Mentorship & Code Quality: Lead code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior and mid-level developers.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with frontend teams, product managers, and DevOps to deliver seamless end-to-end features.

Required Technical Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience: 7+ years of professional software development experience primarily focused on backend engineering.
  • Core Java: Deep expertise in Java (Java 8/11/17+), including multithreading, concurrency, memory management, and design patterns.
  • Frameworks: Extensive experience with Spring Ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data).
  • Big Data Frameworks: Proven track record of building and tuning production-grade data pipelines using Apache Spark (Core, SQL, or Streaming).
  • Databases: Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL solutions (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).
  • Tools & DevOps: Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions), Maven/Gradle, and Docker.

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Frontend Knowledge: Familiarity or hands-on experience with Angular (TypeScript, RxJS, state management), enabling smooth full-stack collaboration.
  • Cloud Platforms: Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Container Orchestration: Knowledge of Kubernetes

Soft Skills

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in an agile environment.
  • Proven ability to take ownership of projects from concept to deployment
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

About the Company

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TekWissen LLC

WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE

TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.

To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.

Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.

It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.

Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.



COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2009
WEBSITE
http://www.tekwissen.com/