Senior Java Developer (Business Automation & AI)

Senior Java Developer (Business Automation & AI)
Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid)
Long term contract
$70-$75 per hour

Our client is in search of a Java Developer to join their team. In this role, you will play a key part in modernizing business logic and self-service support systems. You will be responsible for maintaining and migrating complex business rules using Drools and Kogito, while helping build our next-generation AI Chatbot infrastructure. A major focus of this position will be leading the digital transformation of legacy documentation (Adobe RoboHelp) into a high-performance Knowledge Base powered by AWS Bedrock and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Automation: Design, develop, and maintain complex decision services using Drools (DRL) and migrate legacy workflows to cloud-native Kogito microservices.
• AI Implementation: Architect and manage AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases, ensuring the LLM provides accurate, context-aware responses.
• Data Pipeline & ETL: Build automated pipelines to extract, clean, and convert legacy Adobe RoboHelp content into optimized Markdown/Vector formats stored in Amazon S3.
• Backend Development: Develop high-performance RESTful APIs using Quarkus or Spring Boot to integrate AI chatbot capabilities into our core Java applications.
• Cloud Orchestration: Deploy and scale business automation services within a Kubernetes/OpenShift environment.

Required Skills

• Java Mastery: 3-5 years of professional experience with Java (8/11/17+), including Spring Boot or Quarkus.
• Rule Engines: Hands-on experience writing and debugging Drools rules and implementing DMN (Decision Model and Notation).
• Cloud Native Automation: Proven experience with Kogito for building cloud-native business processes.
• AWS AI/ML Stack: Experience configuring AWS Bedrock (Knowledge Bases, Agents, or Prompt Engineering).
• **Proficiency in managing Amazon S3 for large-scale document storage and metadata tagging.
• Documentation Transformation: Experience (or strong scripting ability) in converting Adobe RoboHelp (HTML/XML) into structured formats (Markdown/JSON) for AI consumption.
• Modern DevOps: Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Bonus / Preferred Skills

• Experience with Vector Databases (Amazon OpenSearch, Pinecone, or Milvus).
• Understanding of Python (specifically for BeautifulSoup/Pandoc-based document parsing).
• Knowledge of BPMN 2.0 standards.
• AWS Certified Developer or AWS Machine Learning Specialty certification.