# Java Developer - Spring Boot | Microservices | Kafka / Solace

**Company:** [Unison Group](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/deKpPhPMtQZga7XoPG1tSo.md)
**Location:** Chennai, India
**Workplace:** on site
**Department:** Jonali

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## Description

-   Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using **Java and Spring Boot**.
-   Develop and integrate **RESTful APIs and Microservices** following enterprise architecture and coding standards.
-   Design and implement **event-driven and asynchronous applications** using **Kafka or Solace/MQ**.
-   Develop Kafka producers/consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, and message-processing workflows.
-   Work with **Solace PubSub+ / MQ** for reliable messaging and event distribution, where applicable.
-   Implement business logic, data processing, error handling, and exception management.
-   Ensure applications are scalable, highly available, secure, and performant.
-   Participate in the complete SDLC including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
-   Troubleshoot application, API, microservices, and messaging-related issues.
-   Collaborate with Architects, Business Analysts, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
-   Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and well-tested code.
-   Perform code reviews and contribute to technical design and architecture discussions.
-   Implement unit and integration testing using appropriate Java testing frameworks.
-   Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud/containerized application deployments where required.

## Requirements

-   **6+ years of hands-on Java development experience**.
-   Strong expertise in **Core Java, Java 8+**, OOP, Collections, Exception Handling, and Multithreading.
-   Strong hands-on experience with **Spring Boot**.
-   Solid experience developing **Microservices-based applications**.
-   Strong experience developing **REST APIs** and service integrations.
-   Hands-on experience with **Kafka OR Solace/MQ**.
-   Good understanding of **event-driven architecture, asynchronous messaging, and distributed systems**.
-   Experience with SQL and relational databases.
-   Experience with **Git** and standard software development practices.
-   Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.