Job Description
We’re hiring a senior backend contractor to build and enhance a Java 17 event-driven service running in Azure AKS. The service consumes events from Azure Event Hubs, processes JSON payloads, stores metadata and operational data in Azure Data Explorer / ADX, stores large objects in ADLS, and exposes secure Search and Retrieval APIs.
This is a Java / ADX / API role first, with Azure Event Hub experience also required. The right candidate has strong hands-on backend experience, can write and tune KQL for application-facing use cases, can build production APIs, and understands event-driven processing patterns.
This is a senior IC feature-delivery role. The person should be able to work independently, provide design input, deliver production-quality code, validate performance, document decisions, and partner with the existing service SME and SRE team. This is not a primary SME, architect, platform engineer, or SRE role. The pay rate ranges based off the years of exp...