Specialized Software Developer IV
huxley associatesDallas, TX
About the role
Specialized Software Developer IVWe are seeking a Specialized Software Developer IV to lead the design and implementation of high-volume, event-driven transactional microservices running in AWS. This role will support mission-critical applications processing millions of decisions and transactions each day. This is NOT a data engineering, ETL, or analytics role. Candidates must have deep expertise in transactional backend systems and distributed application architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of enterprise-scale microservices
- Build event-driven architectures leveraging Kafka, EventBridge, and SQSDevelop highly available transactional systems with advanced concurrency controls
- Design resilient cloud-native solutions on AWSDrive engineering best practices, code quality, and system reliability
- Support modernization and migration initiatives from legacy platforms
- Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to deliver scalable business solutions
Required Qualifications:
7+ years of software development experience
Advanced Java 17 and Spring Boot expertise
Strong AWS experience, including:
- ECSAurora PostgreSQLSQSEventBridgeExperience building transactional microservices
- Deep understanding of concurrency controls, including:
- Advisory locks
- Optimistic versioning
- Hands-on Kafka experience
- GitLab CI/CD experience
- Terraform and/or AWS CDK experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Drools Rules Engine
- Resilience4jState machine patterns
- Parallel-run validation methodologies
Legacy-to-cloud migration experienceEOE Statement: Specialist Staffing Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. To find out more about Huxley, please visit
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JOB OVERVIEW
Experience level
Lead
Location
Dallas, TX
Occupation
Software Developers
Industry
Custom Computer Programming Services
Posted
17 days ago
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