First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 2026.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior and Lead Java Backend Engineer with strong experience in Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams, along with Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices. The candidate will build and support scalable, event-driven backend applications and work with containerization and cloud technologies.
Required Skills
Java
Spring Boot
Microservices architecture
Apache Kafka — topics, partitions, producers, consumers, and message-processing guarantees
Kafka Streams — stream processing, joins, windowing, and stateful aggregations
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
Build and support event-driven applications using Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams.
Design and maintain Kafka topics, partitions, producers, and consumers based on application needs.
Implement stream-processing logic, including joins, windowing, and aggregations.
Troubleshoot performance, reliability, and message-processing issues in distributed applications.
Package and deploy applications using Docker and Kubernetes, and support deployments on AWS.
Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable backend solutions.
This job is Remote India only
Skills
Java, Apache Kafka, Spring Boot, Microservices

