Senior Java 21 / Kafka Engineer

Smartedge Solutions — Netherlands · Posted ~5 hours ago

Lead Full-time Hybrid No Visa

Skills

Java 21 Spring Boot Spring Kafka Maven NoSQL Grafana ELK technical leadership Neo4j

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Lead technical discussions and solve complex engineering problems in a senior/lead role centered on Java 21 and Kafka. You will build services with Spring, work with NoSQL databases and observability tooling, guide junior and peer engineers, and collaborate across product and business teams.

Highlights

Permanent hybrid role with technical leadership responsibilities, opportunities to lead complex discussions, mentor engineers, solve challenging problems, and work with a modern Java and event-streaming stack.

Description

Role: Java(21) with Kafka Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite) Type: Permanent(FTE) Experience : 10+ years Work Authorization: Visa sponsorship is not available. Candidates must have valid work authorization in the Netherlands and be currently based in the Netherlands. Job description:-This is a senior/lead role so I expect the candidate to be able to lead technical discussions, address complex problems, articulate technical matters to PO and CJEs(Customer Journey Experts /Business Analysts) in a way that they can follow, guide juniors and peers and be able to collaborate in cross-squad requirement's Must haves :- • Strong Java experience (we work with Java 21) • SpringBoot and Spring Technologies • Kafka • Maven • NoSQL db experience • Grafana& ELK Nice to haves :- • Neo4J experience • Coding with AI experience (building skills, agents etc) Please share your updated CV at varunteja.b@smartedgesolutions.co.uk