Senior Backend Engineer
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Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer - Java, Kafka & AWS
Experience: 7 to 10 Years
Work Model: 100% Remote, Canada
Employment Type: T4 Contract
Rate: CAD 70 to 80 per hour
Role Summary
We are hiring for a Senior Backend Engineer to work on a project focused on backend services, distributed systems, streaming data, and cloud platforms. The role involves hands‑on development using Java, Apache Kafka, AWS, and modern data-processing technologies.
The selected candidate will work across backend applications, event‑driven systems, data pipelines, and interconnected cloud and data platforms, with a focus on system design, production support, and technical ownership.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain scalable backend services and distributed applications using Java.
Develop and support Kafka‑based event‑driven systems and data pipelines.
Design and maintain streaming and large‑scale data‑processing solutions using Apache Flink and Apache Spark.
Work with Snowflake, Apache Iceberg, and data lake or lakehouse architectures.
Build and operate cloud‑native services and data solutions on AWS.
Develop and support REST APIs, microservices, and integrations using Java and Node.js/TypeScript.
Participate in system design and make technical decisions related to scalability, performance, reliability, security, and cost.
Monitor and troubleshoot production applications, data pipelines, and distributed systems using Splunk or similar observability tools.
Contribute to automated testing, CI/CD, application reliability, and production support.
Work with engineering, data, DevOps, SRE, security, QA, and product teams.
Provide technical guidance and support implementation across backend and data platforms.
Must‑Have Skills
7 to 10 years of software engineering experience.
Strong hands‑on experience with Java.
Strong hands‑on experience with Apache Kafka.
Experience with Apache Flink.
Experience with Kafka Streaming or Kafka Streams.
Experience building and supporting data pipelines or large‑scale data‑processing solutions.
Experience with AWS and cloud‑native development.
Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
Experience with Spring Boot or Spring Framework.
Experience designing distributed systems and event‑driven architectures.
Experience developing REST APIs and microservices.
Experience with SQL and database technologies.
Experience with Splunk or similar production monitoring and log‑analysis tools.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with CI/CD practices and tools.
Experience with production troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis.
Nice‑to‑Have Skills
Experience with Apache Spark.
Experience with Snowflake.
Experience with Apache Iceberg.
Experience with data lake or lakehouse architectures.
Experience with Dynatrace or New Relic.
Experience with Terraform or infrastructure as code.
Experience with OpenTelemetry.
Experience with Grafana or Prometheus.
Experience with SRE and observability practices.
About Techedin
Techedin is a global IT staffing and technology services firm helping enterprises build high-performance tech teams. We support innovation at scale by connecting skilled professionals to leading
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